You're the STAR - Week#3 FAMILY (September 2025)

Getting near the end of sunflower blooming season.  The only good thing about not seeing those beautiful flowers in my garden is now seeing the goldfinches eating the sunflower seeds.

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Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share this post from my blog:

Tiger's Eye Mix Sunflower Variety

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

Welcome to week#3 of the September 2025 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!

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WELCOME to FAMILY feature week of the
September 2025 "You're the STAR" blog hop!
Meet your FAMILY week Cohosts 

This week is FAMILY feature week
Swing by the Family hosting team's blogs:
Michelle @ Moms Are Frugal
Kris @ Kris and Larry . com

Lisa @ At Home With Lisa

Fiona @ Dolly Dowsie

This is a month long Linky party featuring YOU!

There will be 4 different features each week and 4 different feature categories.  Just to be clear - this is NOT a themed party - you may link up ANY family-friendly blog posts any day of each month. 

The "theme" occurs in our weekly features:

WEEK#3 FAMILY - parenting, fitness, health, finances & inspirational (this can include anything about children like: education ideas for children, also self help, beauty etc -  anything family friendly)

(These features were chosen from the August 2025 "You're the STAR" blog hop)

GRAND Ways To Celebrate A Littles FIRST First Day by Our Grand Lives

A Wrap-up of Our Summer Staycation with the Kids by Amy's Creative Pursuits

Forget Your Troubles and Dance - Bob Marley by Where The Wild Things Were

Sand Island WA by Road Gypsies

If you've been featured then please grab a STAR button below:

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All Hosts/CoHosts will post this blog hop on every Monday of each week.

Please link up your family friendly blog posts below!

It wouldn't be a linky party with YOU!

(IMPORTANT NOTE: by linking up you understand that you might be featured next month and if so, we will use some of your photos from your post - rest assured - we will always link back to your lovely blog.  We might also share your fantastic posts on social media.  Also, you may link up as many family-friendly posts as you like & YES - other blog hops &/or giveaways are welcome {giveaways and blog hops will NOT be featured though}  Thank You & ENJOY! )

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7 Covenants - #3 ABRAHAMIC

7 Covenants - #3 Abrahamic

This is the third of seven very important covenants in the Bible.  Most Christians can only name a couple (before doing my research I have to admit that I could only think of 4), and many other people only focus on one covenant from the Old Testament as being the "ultimate" covenant (actually, the covenant we are studying today is the one that the majority of the Christian community always only seem to focus on).

We will be studying each covenant in detail.  

The third covenant is the Abrahamic.

Just to be very clear, we will again begin by defining the word:

Covenant - a solemn, binding agreement established by God with individuals or groups.  It involves promises, blessings and stipulations that underscore the relationship between God and His people.

And then let's define two words from the definition of covenant above: solemn & binding.

Solemn- very serious;  done with the utmost sincerity

Binding- imposing an obligation

This covenant has three distinctive parts:

1.  Abraham will be (is) the father of many nations (this includes a land blessing)

2.   The main blessing is through Isaac but because Abraham requested it, Ishmael is also given a blessing

3.  The circumcision portion of the covenant

You will notice in the Bible verses below that Abraham had to follow God's instruction and leave his family, friends and property.  After doing so Abraham received God's blessing.  He became the father of many nations and it is important to note that "ALL PEOPLES" is listed in the passage below:

I believe that "ALL PEOPLES" is referring to God's chosen people, as well as ALL the non-Israelites (Gentiles) who will become heirs through Jesus Christ (through Abraham's bloodline).

Part of the covenant includes a land blessing.

Genesis 15:18-21

“To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates— the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites and Jebusites.”

God changed Abram and Sarai's names to:

Abraham & Sarah (see both passages below):

And what an amazing miracle when God gave Sarah a child at the age of 90!!!!

Reminder that Abraham's first son was Ishmael and his maternal lineage was through "Hagar" who was an Egyptian slave girl.  Since Sarai was unable to have children (at that time anyway), she offered her servant to her husband.  It is believed that the current Arabic people are descendant from Ishmael.

The only reason that Ishmael was given a blessing was because Abraham asked God for a blessing for his oldest son.  The main blessing (being Jesus Christ) comes through Isaac (whose grandchildren become the 12 Tribes of Israel - click HERE to view "Twelve Tribes of Israel - Jacob/Israel" )

Then, we come to the circumcision portion of the covenant.  Notice in the Old Testament verses above that breaking God's covenant can occur by our wrong actions.  "Any uncircumcised male will be cut off...."

However, after Jesus Christ that changes.  In Romans this exact issue is brought up and both the circumcised & uncircumcised are saved by the Blood of Jesus Christ.

The Abrahamic covenant is important but it is not the only important covenant. 

Other Covenant Posts:

#1 Adamic/Edenic

#2 Noahic

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"Prayer Basics & 8 Ways To Find Answers"

Wrong-Name REDS #1 Sunflower Variety

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

Wrong-Name REDS #1 Sunflower Variety

As always, September is SUNFLOWER Season here in God's Growing Garden.  I usually buy most of my seeds from companies that I trust like "Mary's Heirloom Seeds" (see link in the next paragraph below).  However, this year I saw a packet of seeds at my local Hardware Store and had to buy it - it was called "Drop Dead Red" and the picture on the packet showed all solid red sunflowers.  Well, almost all of the seeds germinated BUT they were not solid red.  Thirty-seven sunflowers from that packet grew and only seven of them were actually solid red like the picture portrayed.  Anyway, all of the sunflowers were beautiful but I separated out my solid red flower photos and will show those to you in a different post later in the month.  Today I am featuring what the majority of that "solid red" packet looked like.  While there is a ring of brick-red in this flower - they are not solid red. (The butterflies loved this wrong-name flower - click HERE to view "Monarch Butterfly Visits the Sunflower Patch" ).  This is the first sunflower post of 2025.  Today I am featuring: WRONG-NAME REDS #1 Sunflower variety.

Wonderful seeds from:

Mary's Heirloom Seeds

(please click HERE to buy Mary's Heirloom seeds)

Before showing the featured pictures, I wanted to remind you why sunflowers are my favorite flower.  Sunflowers always turn towards the sun - you can literally see them gently turning throughout the day to follow the sun.  To be very clear - I am NOT a "sun" worshiper.  However, I am a "Son" worshiper:  Jesus Christ The Son of God and I strive every day to grow and turn towards Him in every aspect of my life.

  

ENJOY the following pictures!

All photos were taken by me (Angie Ouellette-Tower) and the sunflowers were all grown in my garden.
© (2025)

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

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photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

In the two pictures below I captured a giant bumblebee en route to the sunflower (the first picture shows the bee in the air and the second picture after his safe-landing on the sunflower).

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

ENJOY!

Sunflowers from 2025:
Wrong-Name REDS #1

Sunflowers from 2024:

Ice Cream Sunflower

Indian Blanket Sunflower

Earthwalker Sunflower

Sunflowers from 2023:
Shock-O-Lat Sunflower

Astra Rose Cream

Red Sun Sunflower

Hopi Black Dye Sunflower

Sunflowers from 2022:
Mongolian Giant Sunflower

Velvet Queen

Tiger's Eye Mix Part1

Part2 Tiger's Eye Mix

Rouge Royale

Sunflowers from 2021:
Firecracker Sunflower

Chocolate Sunflower

Dwarf Teddy

Giant Teddy

Sunflowers from 2020:
ProCut Gold F1 Sunflower

The Wrong Seed Sunflower

Ring of Fire Part#1

Ring of Fire Part#2

Sunflowers from 2019:
Dwarf Evening Sun Mix - Part 2

Dwarf Evening Sun Mix - Part 1

Tall Evening Sun

Procut "Dark" Plum Sunflower

Procut "Light" Plum Sunflower

Sun-Fill Purple

Sunflowers from 2018:
Orange Mahogany Sunflower - Part 2

Orange Mahogany Sunflower - Part 1

Lemon Queen Sunflower

Procut Bicolor Sunflower - Part 2

Procut Bicolor Sunflower - Part 1

Sickly "Sonja Branching" Sunflower

Sunflowers from 2017:

Bugs & the Magic Roundabout Sunflower

Magic Roundabout - Part 2

Magic Roundabout - Part 1

Peach Passion Sunflower

Sunflowers from 2016:

Vincent's Choice - Part 1

Vincent's Choice - Part 2

Tithonia Torch - a.k.a. Mexican Sunflower

Sunflowers from 2015:

Tiny "Giant Sungold"

Strawberry Blonde#2 - The Best

Strawberry Blonde#1 - Loved By Insects

Red Hedge

Jade Sunflower

Sunflowers from 2014:

Prado Sunflower

Sunflower Disaster

Sunflowers from 2013:

Giant Gray Stripe Sunflower - Part 1

Giant Gray Stripe Sunflower - Part 2

Giant Gray Strip Sunflower - Part 3

Soraya Sunflower

Italian White Sunflowers

Starburst Blaze Sunflowers

Sunflowers from 2012:

Mammoth Sunflowers

VanGogh Sunflowers

Floristan Sunflowers

Cherry Rose Sunflowers

Monet's Palette Mixture Sunflowers

Sunflowers from 2011:

Sunflowers, Black Velvet Queen

Sunflowers, Autumn Beauty

Sunflowers, Royal Flush

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Tuesdays with a Twist Blog Hop #646

Welcome to Tuesdays with a Twist #646!

Before we get to the blog hop today - 

during the month of September I will be featuring a "sunflower" post:

Orange Mahogany Sunflower Variety

photo by Angie Ouellette-Tower

 

Checkout wonderful seeds at Mary's Heirloom Seeds 

click HERE to shop for the best seeds

Or click picture below:

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Also, checkout one of my Bags/Purses available at Zazzle:

Evening Sun Mix Sunflower Tote Bag
by GodsGrowingGarden

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Good Morning and Welcome to another No Rules Party!

We're your hosts & co-hosts 

Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures
Angie @ God's Growing Garden
Checkout my amazing "Featured" Pinterest Board

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Features!

Each co-host will be sharing her own picks for Features. This gives everyone a better chance of being featured. Be sure to check all of our blogs to see if you were featured! 

My Features this Week are:

1. "Acorn Cookies" by Cindy's On-Line Recipe Box

2. "DIY Plant Spray" by My Quiet Plant Space

3. "Lucky Cat Beaded Charm" by Strawberry Butterscotch

If you've been featured we'd love for you to grab a button.

The party starts every Tuesday at 7am EST and will continue until Saturday at 11:59pm.  Feel free to stop back any time and "like" your favorites.  Please visit other blogs if you have a moment. 

Share older posts as well as new ones.  No limit on links!

*Pictures should be your own* 

By linking up you give us permission to use these photos

 (with proper link backs) in our features.   And now for the party!

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Grow your own!
Many wonderful garden products from
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