“In active obedience we worship God by doing what pleases God, but by passive obedience we do as well worship God by being pleased with what God does…It is but one side of a Christian to endeavour to do what pleases God; you must as well endeavour to be pleased with what God does, and so you will come to be a complete Christian when you can do both…” – Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment I found…
“I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.” -psalm 34:4
I found a recipe for very good homemade brownies on a blog that I’ve been following.Pretty much every other brownie recipe I’ve tried has fallen far short of the wonderful chocolaty goodness of boxed brownies, but this one is quite good. After making it a few times, I have found that they turn out best if you use a heaping measure of cocoa powder, and under bake them by a few minutes. Oh, and if you sprinkle chocolate chips on…
… we coo, laugh and try on hats
-from Babes In Toyland I’m not sure if I would say Cincinnati is “the best city in the USA”, especially since some people rate it as the third poorest large city (pop. of 250,000+) in the nation.There are some truly lovely parks, city squares, old homes and estates that could make you wish for a gardener, a maid and a butler. There are also some areas that send shivers down my spine. This is the city God has placed us…
I found a recipe for Lemon Tartlets on Good Things Catered, and decided to try to make a full size tart. It sounded so good. The crust turned out really well. It has enough flavor to be a good base for a meat tart, too. Emma was pretty eager to try some!And I would show you a picture of the finished tart, which tasted great, but the filling recipe only filled half of the full size pan. Note to self…
John and I have started a new bookshop online, hosted by Amazon.com. We decided that it might be a good way to supplement our income, and at the same time be a nice little home business for me. It will work two ways: one, we are offering books that we either used or come across at thrift stores, and two, I am recommending books that I have read and enjoyed or profited from. If someone buys a book that we…
spread two slices of bread with softened cream cheeseI put sliced strawberries in as well, but that’s optionalput the pieces of bread together, cheese side insoak in a milk and egg batter – a good ratio is: 1 egg and 1 tbsp of milk per piece of bread fry …. … until golden on both sides top with a bit of butter and syrup, and enjoy!
“By praying for our husbands and looking to the Lord rather than to our circumstances, we trust Him to carry both our husband and his burden. Then from the overflow of our hearts, we can give back to and encourage our men.” -shaunti feldhahn, For Women Only
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”-anais nin I saw this quote this morning across the top of my email account, and it reminded me of a conversation that John and I had last night. We were talking about ideas for the coming year and beyond – dreaming big and thinking outside the box – and John said, “but is my God too small for that? Rather, is my view of God too small?”…