good morning my beautiful friends. the sun is shing this morning and it's a beautiful sight. I love seeing the sun shine. it just does something good for my soul. when I got up this morning it was 21 degrees outside, but guess what? weather bug said it was 30 degrees!! weather bug is a little liar and it keeps on lying. this is what caused me to lose all my seed starts last year. I haven't started any seeds yet, but I will not be trusting weather bug with my starts this year. I am looking forward to getting my seeds started and getting my garden growing. I peeked under the 2 frost covers I have over my mr stacky with my onions and garlic and they are doing good right now. I just keep praying that God will bless them and that I actually have a good crop of onions and garlic this year, we'll see. I am looking forward to garden season this year. I hope y'all are too. it's a great way to keep my mind occupied with good thoughts and just trusting the Lord to bless my efforts. let's make it a great day today by thanking God for the gift of life in this moment and move forward with this spectacular day.
Thank You God for blessing me with the gift of life today!! I pray that you will help me to use this allotted day well and that I can serve You in it. bless all those who bless others today. amen
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guess what was for lunch???? go ahead and guess. while you're guessing, let's get ready and go to the kitchen for another "2 minutes in the kitchen with me".
as the pkg says, this was green tomatoes that I breaded back in 2022. you can see the date. I preheated the air fryer and while the air fryer was preheating, I sprayed both sides of the green tomatoes with avocado oil. once the air fryer was preheated good, I sprayed the air fryer tray with avocado oil and then I put the battered green tomatoes in the air fryer, set on 400 for 15 minutes.
at about 10 minutes, I flipped the tomatoes for another 10 minutes to get the other sides of the tomatoes cooked too. it is important to preheat and also spray the insert with oil. then also spray both sides of the frozen green tomatoes. that is important.
this is what they looked like after about 20 minutes and I must say they were delicious today, especially with the temps well below freezing. it was awesome to have a summer treat right here during the arctic blast. I look forward to putting more of these in my freezer this year.
so, if you have green tomatoes, go for it. there is all kinds of different batters that can be used. the best one for us is cornmeal, salt and flour. shake them in this mix and then wrap them in freezer paper and label and date and you're set for some wonderful eats. and they seem to taste better this time of year. I hope you give it a try.
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going into Judges Chapter 1 we see the battle for the land continues. as long as the Israelites remain faithful to God, He will give them victory. He gave them victory over a particularly cruel king by giving payback to him exactly as he had done to 70 other kings. this king had cut the thumbs and big toes off other kings, so God allowed the same thing to happen to this king. this was done to take away the capacity to be a danger. it limited their ability to fight, basically leaving them harmless. cruel yes, and God allowed retribution, payback to this evil king.
once Joshua had died, and all the people that had also seen the great work that God had done for Israel had also died, the generation to come after them did not know the Lord and all the mighty works that God had done for them. that's why its so important to keep passing down from generation to the next, all that God has done for us. for us as individuals and for us as families and as Christians as a whole. we share what God has done to help us all remain strong in the Lord.
this next generation served all the gods of the pagans. this is why we must pass on what God has done for us. they served the pagan gods and God was angry with them. then they cried out to the Lord and He raised up judges to get the people back on track serving the Lord their God. Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, over and over and over again. they would cry out to God and He would hear them and bail them out, over and over again. there are some interesting stories in this book. like the tent peg. read up on that one. then God raised up Gideon. then Gideon died and the Israelites sinned against God again, and worshiped the gods of baal. how quickly they forget what God has done for them. how quickly, we too, forget what God has done for us.
why is it so hard for us to remember what God has done for us? because we would much rather be playing with fire from the devils hands, than doing the right thing. it's still that way today. nothing has changed. we don't have an attention span to keep us focused on what God has done for us. we just don't. people will laugh at us, make fun of us, call us names. it makes no difference that our eternity depends on what we do with God. we believe Him or we don't. it's up to us and it's that simple. it's black and white, there's no gray areas. and people want to make everything gray. it's either right or wrong. a little bit wrong is 100% wrong. a little bit of idol worship is 100% wicked in the eyes God. we worship God or we worship idols. we believe God or we believe the lies that the devil tells. it's the ago old struggle since the beginning of time. all the laws that God gave the Israelites, wasn't enough to provide salvation for the Israelites. the laws just proved to us how easy it is to sin. but Jesus Christ is enough!!!! I try to keep remembering that Jesus Christ is enough, while reading thru the Old Testament.
next time we pick up at Judges Chapter 9. see you then. I hope you are reading along and not just taking my journaling as your bible study. read it along with me and see what the Lord reveals to you thru His word.
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well, I think I'll just say, "have a great day and God loves those who are called by His name". blessings of mercy, grace and warmth be ours today. hugs and love, patty
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