Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your many blessings, and help me to be content with Your daily provision in my life. May we all be content with Your daily provisions. Thank You for Your wonderful gifts of love, joy and peace, which cannot be purchased with any amount of money. I am most grateful. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
Dear Heavenly Father, I do want to be close to You, so help me to spend the time in prayer, and reading Your Word in order to make that a reality. And Lord, when You do speak something to my heart, help me to obey You and not resist the things You are asking me to do. Lord, I also want to be a peacemaker, so fill my mouth with Your Words of wisdom when I encounter an opportunity to minister to those who are opposed to each other. Also, help me to remain in peace with those in my circle of acquaintances. I ask this in the name of Jesus. Amen.
I WAS OFF WORK TODAY AND MARCIA WAS NOT FEELING WELL, SO I DECIDED TO COOK HER BREAKFAST IN BED, SWEETIE AS I AM. SO I GOT OUT OF THE CABINET EVERYTHING I WOULD NEED, AND STARTED. i BROKE 8 EGGS AND BEAT THEM UP (bully?)WITH SOME MILK AND FRIED SOME BACON FLEXIBLY CRISPY, THEN POURED THE EGGS IN TO MAKE A SOUFFLE'. THEN I GOT THE PANCAKE MIX OUT AND MIXED IT UP, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE ANY PANCAKE SYRUP, WHAT WAS IN THE CABINET SAID WAFFLE SYRUP. SO I THOUGHT I WOULD MAKE SOME CHOCOLATE CHIP PANCAKES FOR HER, BUT WE HAD NO CHOCOLATE CHIPS IN THE CUPBOARD, SO WHAT WAS I GONNA DO? AHA! THERE WAS A ONE POUND BAG OF ALMOND M&Ms ON THE SHELF! THAT WOULD WORK, WOULDN'T IT? SURE, SO i DUMPED THE ENTIRE BAG INTO THE PANCAKE BATTER. OOPS! SO MANY M&Ms THE BATTER WOULD HARDLY HOLD THEM TOGETHER, SO I GOT THE BOX OF MIX OUT AND POURED MORE IN, THEN ADDED SOME WATER, SOME MIX, MORE WATER, MORE MIX..., AND CHECKED THE SOUFFLE', AND IT WAS OKAY. SO I BEAT THE BATTER UP AND IT MIXED WELL, A LITTLE BIT, AND THE COLORED CANDIES LOOKED LIKE TOTALLY PSYCHO-DELLIC, MAN, AND WERE STARTING TO BLEED COLOR INTO THE BATTER. I USED A ONE CUP MEASURING CUP AND LADLED SOME BATTER INTO THE CAST IRON SKILLET AND IT SOUNDED LIKE A HAIL STORM, BUT BOY IT WAS PURTY. I MADE A FEW OF THESE ALMOND-M&M PANCAKES, A SHORT STACK FOR HER BECAUSE SHE'S 4 FOOT 11 1/2 INCHES TALL, AND A TALL STACK FOR ME, BECAUSE I'M 4 FOOT 28 INCHES TALL, RIGHT? PURTY AS YOU PLEASE, AND THE SOUFFLE' GOT DONE, SO I STARTED REMOVING IT FROM THAT SKILLET WHILE ANOTHER PANCAKE WAS COOKING, AND WHEN I GOT THAT SOUFFLE' OUT AND THE OTHER PANCAKE OUT, I WAS TIRED AND HUNGRY, MYSELF, SO I DECIDED TO POUR THE REST OF THE BATTER INTO THE SKILLET AND MAKE A BIGGGgggGG PANCAKE. IT STARTED BUBBLING, BUT I COULD NOT SEE THE SIDES TO SEE IF THEY WERE GETTING DRY. i TRIED TO GET THE PANCAKE TURNER UNDER IT, BUT IT WAS STICKING, SO I RAN THE PANCAKE TURNER AROUND THE EDGE AND THOUGHT I'D SPRAY SOME PAM DOWN IN THE CRACK I MADE AND MAYBE IT WOULD SOAK DOWN TOWARD THE MIDDLE AND LET ME REMOVE THAT BIG ALMOND-M&M PANCAKE. wrong! BUT BOY DID THAT PAM SMOKE! I COULD HARDLY SEE THE STOVE, LET ALONE THAT CAST IRON SKILLET ON THE STOVE!!! I TURNED THE EXHAUST FAN ON, BUT TOO LATE. MY IDEA OF GIVING MARCIA A BREAKFAST IN BED KINDA GOT MESSED UP BECAUSE IT IS TOO HARD FOR HER TO TRY TO SLEEP WITH A SMOKE ALARM GOING OFF. BUT I DID FIND OUT THAT THAT POWDER FROM A FIRE EXTINGUISHER KINDA LOOKS LIKE BUTTER-FLAVORED POWDERED SUGAR! I'VE HAD POWDERED SUGAR ON PANCAKES, BEFORE, SO MAYBE WE COULD TRY THIS ON A SUPER-SIZED ALMOND M&M PANCAKE? THE BACON AND SOUFFLE' WERE GOOD, I GUESS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT MY THOUGHT AND EFFORT GOT ME? MARCIA APPRECIATED IT SOOOooooOOOOooo MUCH THAT I GET TO SLEEP IN THE TRUCK TONITE, AND TOMORROW NIGHT, AND MAYBE THE NEXT NIGHT, DEPENDS ON HOW LONG BEFORE THE SMOKE AND ALL THAT ODOR CLEARS AND THE EXTINGUISHER POWDER GETS CLEANED OUT OF THE KITCHEN. NEED SOMEONE TO MAKE YOU SOME BREAKFAST IN BED? I'M PROBABLY AVAILABLE, AND DEFINITELY WILL BE HUNGRY BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS. HAVE A GOOD MORNING, ANYWAY!
THIS WAS 'BACKWARDS DAY' WHEN I WAS A BOYS' CAMP COUNSELLOR AT MY CHURCH CAMP, CAMP MENNO HAVEN, TISKILWA, ILLINOIS, IN THE MID-70s, AND WE WORE EVERYTHING BACKWARDS, INCLUDING MY RACCOON SKIN CAP, AND WE HAD SUPPER FOR BREAKFAST, AND BREAKFAST FOR SUPPER, DESSERT BEFORE THE MEAL, AND EVERYTHING.
WHEN LIFE SEEMS A LITTLE BACKWARDS OR AT LEAST MESSED UP, KNOW THAT THERE IS ONE WHO HAS GONE BEFORE YOU TO STRAIGHTEN THE CROOKED PATHS AND MAKE THE LOW PLACES HIGH, AND HE WILL NEVER LEAVE NOR FORSAKE YOU, EVEN IF YOU DO HAVE YOUR RED CONVERSE HIGH TOPS ON BACKWARDS!
Notice anything missing? or Are you just needing a boost spiritually? We are starting a weekly bible scripture reading that will be led by REV_Deborah (temporarily meeting at her page) you can view her page @ www.jcfaith.com/rev_deborah.
The meeting will discuss a weekly bible scripture and will be open to discussion at the END of the reading and examination conducted by Deborah.
At the end of Deborah's briefing we will open the room to further discussion. Although we welcome everyone and welcome all discussions we ask that no negative or unrelated matter be brought into the room.
Of course when the meeting has completed we can all just hangout and enjoy the company!!
227 years ago...on July 4th, 1776
This great nation, the United States of America,
In a struggle for what was right and free,
Was proudly born...
May we celebrate that precious freedom
For which our forbears fought so bravely...
The freedom that is inherent
In the Stars and Stripes, our revered flag...
Celebrate Freedom
This Fourth of July!
Galatians 5:1
[ Freedom in Christ ]
It is for freedom
that
Christ has set us free.
GOD BLESS YOU,
JOHN
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Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your many blessings, and help me to be content with Your daily provision in my life. May we all be content with Your daily provisions. Thank You for Your wonderful gifts of love, joy and peace, which cannot be purchased with any amount of money. I am most grateful. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen.
