Today was awesome -- Mark did another couple of great lessons - and there is a certain young lady at church that is facing some serious treatments - but it does my heart good to just be around her. She is so positive and has so much faith - we all could learn lessons from her! She is a precious example of living the Christian life.
I think I've mentioned that Michelle has alapecia and it seems to have taken a stronghold and she is losing lots of her hair. She is getting shots in the scalp and hip - and we take a step forward and two backwards. A couple of Sunday's I stood behine her trying to fix her thin hair the best I could and stood there crying -- and later that morning a family came in and sat down -- and I was brought up fast - there I had been crying over thinning hair - and I looked at the family - and they had a daughter that was facing radiation and chemo! I felt so shallow - but of course it is my daughter and I love her so much!!!
Have you ever been to Sweet Gourmet -- if not - then you are missing a treat! I just need to get busy and use some of the many products I have bought there. Just doesn't seem to have the time to cook that I used to have! They have this great San Saba products and one of them is their River Pecan Preserves. They gave a recipe with the preserves. Very simple - but delicious!
MARBLED FRUIT MUFFINS
1 Yellow or White cake mix
1 Jar of San Saba River Pecan Preserves
Prepare the cake mix as instructed on the box but reduce the water by 1/2 cup. The batter will be thick. Pour into muffin cups 2/3 full. Add 1 tablespoon of preserves over the batter and use a knife to marble the fruit into the batter with one or two swirls.
Bake approximately 30 minutes at 350 degrees until done.
Another recipe she served us at our Pilot Club meeting was an avacado tomato salad. Very simple but delicious! Peel and cut up a couple of avacados; a carton of the cherry tomates cut in half or quarters, and about 1/2 of a cucumber, diced small. Drizzle the salad with Canyon Foods Sweet Chile Lime Sauce -- also can be purchased at Sweet Gourmet. Absolutely Delicious and if you "don't do" cucumber - then try red onion or whatever other veggie you want!!!
An old, old recipe that used to be a "stand-by" for chuch potlucks, etc. was this one:
LAYER CHESTNUT SALAD
(BE SURE ABD CRISP GREENS FIRST)
Layer in order given:
Lettuce
Large onion, ringed
1 Large bell pepper, ringled
1 Can water chestnuts, drained and sliced
1 Small can English peas, drained
1 Cup Hellmann's mayonnaise
Seal layered ingredients with mayo. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheeese. Cover with plastic wrap and chill at least 8 hours!
This is one of the salads I was going to give you last week when my computer crashed.. This week it seems to be my fingers!!!!
Here is a great reminder that my cousin sent me!
“The Devil After the Dove” Principle
Ephesians 4:27
“Neither give place to the devil.”
Have you ever gotten into an argument with a family member on the way to church? (Notice I didn’t say Husband or Wife) Don’t act so pious! Ever preacher knows that the devil will try to attach God’s children right before church, or after church—on the way home in the car! There is a spiritual principle here that we need to learn. It is what I call “the devil after the dove principle.”
Just as when Jesus was baptized and a dove descended, then right after He was led into the wilderness and temped, so it will be with you. When God does something great or when you get the approval of God about something, you can expect the attack of the enemy.
Leonard Ravenhill said, “When God opens the windows of heaven to bless us, the devil is going to open the doors of hell to blast us.” Have you had a wonderful spiritual experience recently? Then you better not start coasting. If the devil temped Jesus, be sure he will temp you as well.
“Blessed are those that can give without remembering and can take without forgetting.”
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