You’re Invited

We’re Engaged!

 Josiah and I are engaged!!!

My heart is overflowing with a good theme…
Psalm 45:1

I Am Running After You…

…You’ve become my soul’s delight.”

Is Jesus your soul’s delight today? Does your heart yearn after Him? 
Do you find your joy in worshipping the Living Savior, Jesus?

“As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God…”
Psalm 42:1-2

Running

I hear the voice, the voice of the One I love
He’s calling my name
I hear the voice, the voice of the One I love
He’s calling my name

He’s saying:
“Come up higher and hear the angels sing
 Come up higher my beloved
Come up higher and leave this world behind
And find me to be beautiful”

I am running, running after You
You’ve become my soul’s delight
I am running, running after You
Here with You I find my life

One thing I’ve desired, this will I seek after
To dwell in Your house forevermore
Now I’m running after the Thing that really matters
You’ve become my joy and song
You’ve become my joy and song
You’ve become my joy and song

I am running, running after You
You’ve become my soul’s delight
I am running, running after You
Here with You I find my life

I find my joy in worshipping You, Lord
I find my joy in worshipping You, Lord…

-Song by Klaus (with Kari Jobe)

O God, You are my God;
Early I will seek You;
My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thristy land
Where there is no water…

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life,
My lips shall praise You.
Psalm 63:1&3

Millet Crackers

Millet Crackers

1 1/2 C millet
1/4 C flaxseeds
2-2 1/4 C whole wheat or spelt flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 C melter butter
1 C water with 2 T white vinegar added

Mix all ingredients and then knead briefly.  Leave in covered bowl overnight.  In the morning, flatten dough onto a greased baking sheet.  Sprinkle sea salt, garlic salt & oregano over dough.
Bake @ 425 about 10 minutes.

These are delicious crackers and are wonderful served with hummus!  I’m sure you could add parmesan cheese to the dough to make a cheese cracker too. 
I originally found this recipe on The Nourishing Gourmet but I’ve since added my own ingredients and made a few changes… to view the original recipe, click here: http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/2008/03/homemade-crackers-2.html

For more information on soaking grains, click here:
http://www.thenourishinggourmet.com/2008/03/nourishing-practices-soaking-grains-2.html

Happy Birthday Kenan

 

Happy 15th Birthday Kenan!!
We’re so amazed at how you have grown in the past year and we look forward to the further growth that the Lord will work in your heart in this coming year. 
Keep seeking after our Savior!

 

This Cross

This cross, Lord, it’s here again.

I thought I’d left it far behind.

The pain and all the heartache

They were memories in my mind.

Yet once again they grip my heart

The fears, the pain, the ache

I’m not ready to carry it again

But it’s here for me to take.

You were faithful through the first time

And I know right now you’re here.

Please send me grace and strength I need

And catch these streaming tears.

I’m not the only one with pain

Greater crosses others bear

So through these blinding tears

Help me see their needs with care.

Although my arms are tired

And with this to hold feel weak

Give them strength to reach to others

Sharing comfort that they seek.

My voice, it often falters

When I speak of this ache and fear

Instead, in good or bad, I ask

Let it praise You, strong and clear.

For You are ever faithful

I’ve seen it times before

You walk with me on this journey

To show Your love once more.

I thank You for Your love

For the help You always send

I thank You for Your care

And how aching hearts you mend.

Your plan for us is perfect

I’m convinced that it is true

So with strengthened heart, I’m ready

To carry this cross for You.

-by Laura Anne Moninger
I found this on the Young Ladies Christian Fellowship 

 

Abortion Survivor

Please, please watch this video. 
Ms. Jessen is an abortion survivor but, by the grace of God, her story is not about her self. 

~Soli deo Gloria~

A Weekend with Friends

         This past weekend I was blessed to be able to spend time with some friends (old and new!) who are all a part of the website Homeschool Alumni!  What a lovely time of fellowship we had!   Many thanks to the Miller family for hosting all of us

The weekend included many activities — we worked at a clothing distribution center,

went out to eat,

went snow tubing, played lots of games,

sang lots of songs and worshipped on Sunday together!  
Thank you, Josiah and Heather, for taking me!!

If you’re not on the website  homeschoolalumni.org,  you may want to check it out!
(Thanks to Emilie C. for the photos.)

The One Thing I Know

This song by Sara Groves has really been a blessing to me
lately so I thought I would share the lyrics…

The One Thing I Know

And the clouds just parted on a corner of my life
And I can see for miles
And the things I was stuck on
Things I thought would never change
They just broke open wide

This is the one thing I know
You said you won’t let me go
You said you won’t let me go
You’ve done a good work in me
And You won’t quit till I’m free…

And the veil just lifted
I can finally understand
The way you work in me
But even if I didn’t
You are still a sovereign God
Who has a plan for me

It ‘s good to know you work with hurt and broken souls
And that you’ll take a soul like mine

And it feels like I’ve been waking up
Only to fight with the same old stuff
I was caught in the habits of a lifetime
Giving up I could never find the right time
All the indefensible things I would defend
All the million ways that my heart was bent
Then the clouds just parted

For He Himself has said,
“I will never leave you nor forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:5b

Pumpkin Cranberry Bread

Pumpkin Cranberry Bread

1 C pumpkin
1/2 C raw sugar (or sucanate, honey, maple syrup etc.)
4 eggs
1/2 C milk  (or water)
1/4 C applesauce (or oil)
2 C flour
dash of salt
dash of ground cloves
dash of allspice
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
2 tsp baking powder
3/4 C dried cranberries

Preheat oven to 350.  Grease your 9-5 inch loaf pan.
Mix pumpkin, sugar, eggs, milk and applesauce in a large bowl.  Add flour, baking powder, salt and spices. Add cranberries and mix just until moistened.  Pour into loaf pan and bake for 45 to 60 minutes.  Makes 1 loaf.

A fun variation of this recipe is to mix one package of cream cheese with a little bit of raw sugar (or honey, sucanate etc.).  After pouring half of pumpkin batter into loaf pan, spoon cream cheese mixture evenly on top of pumpkin, then layer the rest of the pumpkin mixture on top of the cream cheese.  It makes for a fun surprise when slicing the loaf!

I recently discovered this recipe when playing, I mean baking, on a day off 
I got a number of “this bread is so delicious” comments at church so I thought I would share it with you all. 
I think one of my favorites things is to don an apron and mess up the kitchen… and something delicious is sometimes discovered!  Isn’t it wonderful to be a woman??