Our Conversation

Our Conversation


Lord, it’s too hard, it’s too much -

My grace is sufficient.

There are many loose ends, such unfinished business-

Seek me first, all will be added.

I am pulled this way then that. I’ll never reach the goal-

Your aim is to glorify me and enjoy me forever.

But, I am failing to do what you’ve asked –

I’ve asked you to trust me.

I trust you but I am a failure-

My strength is made perfect in weakness.

I cannot do what you will-

You can do all things through me – I strengthen you!

I am tired, exhausted, used up-

You cannot get weary; you will reap a harvest in my timing- press on.

I have too much! Projects, ideas, dreams, unfulfilled intentions and worries-

My yoke is easy-take it, let me carry the rest.

But, I’ve let so much slip-

Strengthen what remains.

You are always right there. My only hope is in you-

I will be with you always-even to the end of the World.

Thank you. Amen. Praise you Father.

Recipes and a Recipe

I love recipes! We used to get all of our recipes from cookbooks or friends but, that was before the internet. I have a huge recipe box and going through it is a trip down memory lane. Even if I seldom use a recipe, I'll keep it there as a memento from a friend and a place and a time gone by.
Recipes, especially the handwritten ones are a part of a friend, shared. I like to go through them and think of my friends and family; lifting them up in prayer.
I always rename the recipes I get from my friends that get used again and again and have accumulated quite a collection:
Beth's Cream Cheese Brownies
Lucie's Sweet Potato or Pumpkin Pie
Joni's Cookies
Eve's Granola
Christi's Bars
Rhoda's Dinner Rolls
Wendy's Apple Oatmeal Muffins
Mom's Taco Salad (there are many 'Mom" titles)
Grandma Chaney's Potato Salad (that's a variation on the 'Mom" catagory)

This one is a huge hit with my hubby and kids...

Christi's Bars

2 c.almond flour (grind raw almonds in blender)

1/3 c. agave syrup

1/3(+) grapeseed oil or olive oil

1 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. baking soda 

Mix those first 6 ingredients well and then add:

1/2  c. raw sunflower seeds

1/2 c. raw cashews or walnuts or peanuts

1/2 c. raw pumpkin seeds

1/2 c. coconut (unsweetened)

1/2 c. raisins or dried cranberries

2 T. sesame seeds

Mix by hand press hard and even into 9 x 13 pan

Bake @ 325' for 20 mins or until lightly browned.

Cut when cool. Don't over bake.

Enjoy!!

Do What You LOVE to Do!!

Often I say to my kids "you don't have to if you want to" Think about it for a minute...it is really quite true. I hear friends say things like "I hate to cook" or "I hate to clean" or " I hate doing laundry" or whatever.

I've been noticing signs of this thought pattern around my house lately, coming from my girls, which undeniable must stem from me...(ouch!)  So, I've been thinking...

What if we LOVED to cook, to clean and to do laundry?  You've heard the advice "Do what you love", right?  We can change our minds! God's Word says that we can be transformed by the renewing of our minds.

 "Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God's will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect." Romans 12:2 NLT

Who are we working for anyway? It takes more than natural love to face the piles of work that we mothers do. It takes doing it for God and His Glory! After all, Jesus Christ humbled himself and became a SERVANT!!

⁷ But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men:

⁸ And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.

⁹ Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:

¹⁰ That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;

¹¹ And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

¹² Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

¹³ For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.

¹⁴ Do all things without murmurings and disputings:

¹⁵ That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

¹⁶ Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. Philippians 2

Change your thinking while you work. Make dinner for your family because you LOVE them and want to serve them. Set the table, make it beautiful, smile! While you clean, thank God for busy people who come and go and track dirt in. Thank Him for the little hands that get the bathroom towel dirty while washing up. Thank Him for providing clothing (galore around here) for all seasons. And for the washer and dryer or clothesline. For the strength to work. Thank Him for everything!

"In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God is Christ Jesus concerning you" 1 Thes.  5:18

^{I Corinthians 10:31} So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.