Recipe for a Happy Life

Anyone who gets on the internet these days cannot escape the fact that we love to eat!  Even my husband sent me a link to a recipe that sounded good to him a few days ago.  Last night I decided to give it a try!  To my surprise it was very good and we both  liked it. This is the way it looked before going into our oven.

I do have a recipe that I would like to share with you.  It is listed at the bottom of the blog.

Since I am a former Home Economics major (our youth now call it something else) I am interested in all things that have to do with homemaking. (Well, except maybe ironing.)  But you know what?  My biggest interest should  not be my home on this earth, but on my Heavenly Home.

We had a very good lesson in Sunday School this week and I have been thinking about it ever since.  We also had an excellent sermon and it reminded me of the freedoms that we have in this country.  Many of our fathers and grandfathers and their fathers and grandfathers are responsible for these freedoms that we so often take for granted.  Thank you to our choir, our pastor and our teachers for reminding us how special it is to live in the United States of America, one nation under God.  We, as Christians, need to take a firm stand to make sure that we remain a nation under God.

We are preparing for a revival  at WHBC and the preparation should begin with "me". I am asking these questions of myself:

 How much time am I spending in God's Word?

How often and how long do I talk to Him in prayer for my family, my friends, strangers, the lost?

Is there Love in my heart?

Am I compassionate?

Am I supportive of my church staff and leaders?

Am I giving my best to God?

This is called "soul searching" and when I truly take a look at myself and my habits, I find that there is definitely room for improvement.  I have the assurance that I am a child of God and that he loves me unconditionally.  How am I loving Him?

In Ezekiel 36:26, God says:
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
Holman Standard Version

 

 The Youth are Coming the Youth are Coming the Youth are Coming

What a great day we had in the Library last week.  In the  fifteen minutes between Sunday School and the Morning Worship service, we had at least six people in the Library checking out media.  Four under the age of  sixteen checked out books and one in the same age bracket checked out a DVD.  The one adult that was there was so impressed with the excitement exhibited, she volunteered to purchase some additional books for our youth.  Praise the Lord!  We have been able to complete one series of seven books that are currently being read.  We will have a book review of this series by one our young people in  next  month's blog.

We have started purchasing another series for this age group.There are seventeen books in this series and we only have two.  Let's continue to encourage our youth and children to read.  If you would like to help with the purchase of these books, contact a member of  the Library Committee. 

Thanks for our donations this month:

Cindy Blades continues to donate many DVD's, books and CD's as their family finishes with them.

Debbie Irvin - A Story of God and All of Us - by Roma Downey and Mark Burnett

Julie Barrett - three more books from Thomas Kinkade's Cape Light Series - A Christmas Star, A Wish for Christmas and Christmas Treasures.  (We have several ladies reading this series.)

Tara Williams - Pearl by Lauraine Snelling .  This is #2 in the Dakotah Treasures Series and completes this collection.  We now have all four books for your reading pleasure.

Thank you so much for your donations.  If you have books in good condition that you no longer want to keep, will you please consider donating them to our Library.  If they are not suitable for our church library, that is okay.  We have a site on the internet where we can swap them for books that we want or need.

  

Feel free to share this recipe with your family and friends.

 

Recipe for a Happy Life

{ Author unknown }

Take twelve whole months...

Clean them thoroughly of all Bitterness, Rumors, Hate and Jealousy;

In other words make them as Fresh and as Clean as possible.

Now cut each month into 28, 30, or 31 different parts.

But don't make up the whole batch at once.

Instead - prepare it one day at a time.

Mix the following ingredients well each day:

One part of Faith

One of Patience

One of Courage,

One of Work.

Add one part each of Hope, Faithfulness, Generosity, and Kindness.

Blend with one part Prayer, one part Meditation, and one Good Deed.

Season the whole thing with a dash of Good Spirit, a Sprinkle of Fun,

A Pinch of Play, and a Cupful of Good Humor.

Pour all these into a Vessel of Love.

Cook thoroughly over Radiant Joy, Garnish with Smiles,

And Serve with Quietness, Unselfishness, and Cheerfulness.

If you follow this recipe,

You are bound to have a Happy Life.