good morning my beautiful friends!!!!! well, yesterday was a bust as far as snow goes. and I'm pretty happy about that. we ended up with about 3 inches and that was pretty nice as far as I'm concerned. but then again, this morning we had another 2 inches of snow. hahahaha I know a lot of people was hoping for more, but I was praying against it. I'm thankful that the Lord answered that prayer. it was 17 degrees when I got up and we're in for some more bitter cold temps. I'm ready for spring. hahaha if I ignore winter long enough, it will soon be gone. hahaha oh, I don't hate winter, I just don't like how the cold makes my old lady body hurt, it's just too painful. I'm hot natured, so the cold doesn't make me cold, so to speak, it just hurt my joints. arthritis has shown up in both of my elbows this year. I've never had it in my elbows before. the pain I'm having with them makes it almost impossible to pick up some of my barely heavy appliances. plus, I can't straighten my arms out. that's something else that hurts, just trying to straighten them. one of my dear friends has made me a bunch of essential oils and I've been using those. that's the only thing giving me any peace right now. so I'm grateful to my friend. we have a few more days of bitter cold and then next week, woohoo, it's supposed to be in the 40's!!!! it will be like having a heat wave. hahaha I look forward to that!!!
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time for the "giggle for the day":
Q : What would bears be without bees?
A : Ears.
hahaha well, they would. hahaha
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join me in the kitchen for a "2 minutes in the kitchen with me". I think I may have said that snow days are for making bread. and that's exactly what I done. I made 2 batches of my cornbread swirls today. I may try to get another batch made tomorrow along with my brioche buns. but I did find a new recipe and I may try it and make buns from it. most people generally make a loaf bread from the recipe, but I prefer buns.
this was batch number 1 and they look really good. the proof will be in the rise when I thaw and bake. hahaha so, it's a wait and see situation.
30 minutes later, this is batch number 2. I would have made another batch this morning, but I didn't have room in the freezer to flash freeze another batch. darn it!!! so, I'll took these out of the freezer and got them bagged up and the room in the freezer for my next bread making session.
I was done with them, and had them in the freezer and the kitchen cleaned up by 9:40 am. that's a pretty good work time. it felt good to get that done and that made time for me to get my batch of chicken corn chowder in the instant pot. it's so good with those cornbread swirls. we love them both.
they are now off of the trays that they were on and now back in the cozy frozen tundra for the freezer. I always put a little bit of cornmeal in the freezer bag and shake them all around to get them coated in cornmeal. it's awesome when they are cooked, but it also helps to keep them from sticking together. that's very important. but if they do accidentally stick together for some reason, I just drop the bag on the counter and just like that, they are unstuck. there is 49 cornbread swirls in those 2 bags. today will be another bread baking day. awesome!!!
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picking back up in Job today we see that God had allowed satan to take Jobs wealth and jobs children from him. Job questioned God. I see from this encounter, that it's ok if we question God, but I think it's how we go about it. Job remained respectful of God. guess what, his friends couldn't stand it. do you have friends like that? we all do!!! even Job's wife was upset at Job. I think she's the one who said curse God and die. Jobs friends tried really hard to wear Job down. they all had their own ideas of why God allowed this stuff to happen to Job. maybe because of hidden sin in his life. maybe because that's just how God operates, if you're a good person, He'll be good to you, if you're a bad person, He'll let bad stuff happen to you. Job had to defend his integrity with the people who knew him best. they argue and debate for most of this book. they just knew Job had done something terrible and he wasn't telling them. Job finally goes to God with agony and despair and he actually accuse God of being responsible for all the bad stuff in the world. he finally realize that he can't be right. that God is a just, fair and an all-powerful God. one friend doesn't know why Job is suffering, but he does know that Job isn't qualified to judge God. are you qualified to judge God? I know I'm not either. I know that before I came to know Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, I hated God. I didn't want anything to do with Him. all the time I spent hating God, He was still working on me and loving me. and just a few years ago I come to realize that I didn't hate God at all, I just wanted to know why some of the things that happened, happened. after reading the book of Job, I realized that none of it was God's fault. I'm a part of humanity and it's not pretty a lot of the time. but what I was shown, was that I have never been alone a single second in my life. He has been beside me, in front of me, behind me, making a way for me. making a way for me to give praise and honor to my God and my Lord and Savior!!! He allowed me to have a heart that seeks after the heart of God. God is so good and we all have so much more in this life than we could ever even begin to deserve. it's not about how wretched we are, but it's all about how merciful and mighty He is. His mercy and grace covers us all, when we accept Him as the Lord and Savior of our lives!!! Job is not qualified to judge God, are you? next time we'll see how God responds to Job.
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well, I guess I'll wrap it up for now and hopefully I can get some more unbaked buns in the freezer today. I love baking bread when it's snowy and cold outside. there may not be much to do, but I can always do that. as long as I don't run out of flour. hahaha such a scary thought!!! I hope we all have a blessed day today and the we keep seeking after the heart of God. blessings of mercy and grace be ours today. hugs and love, patty
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