good morning my beautiful friends, from my very dark neck of the woods. the sun definitely isn't shining and it looks as if it's been sprinkling. I don't know what's coming next weatherwise, but they are calling for it to be significant. we'll have to wait and see. I just pray against anything really bad. I keep looking forward to spring. it will be here before long, I hope. as I sit here, I don't hear much outside noise. that's unusual for a saturday morning. I heard the train in the distance about 15 minutes ago and it sounded kinda lonely. well, I don't if it was lonely or not, the horn just sounded kinda sick. hahaha it's unusual that I don't even hear dogs barking in the distance. nor any small planes from the airport. saturdays is when a lot of pilots are trying to log hours and we'll hear them a lot. so we'll see, that may pick up a little later on. anyway, that's about the gist of what's happening, or should I say, what's not happening in my neck of the woods.
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picking up with Numbers 7 this morning and Moses has gotten the tabernacle set up according to Gods commands. all the leaders of Israel gave dedication offerings on 12 appointed days to anoint the alter. all the offerings was made to God's specifications. the Levites were assigned by God to be the overseers of the tabernacle and all things holy. and just like people, just like we do, even when God is directing and leading us in every way, what do we do? we complain!!!! yes, we do, and that's what they done, they complained.
the anger of the Lord was kindled against the complainers and He just got rid of them, He burned them. the rabble rousers started complaining and wishing they were back in Egypt with all the tasty food they had. remember, Esau sold his birthright to Isaac for a bowl of porridge. our bellies have always been our biggest guide. what have you given in to, to feed a craving? we have all given into the cravings of sin at one time or another. there is no denying it.
and like the Israelites, some of us have wandered around in sin for 40 years or more. they could have circled the globe multiple times in that span of time, but they just wandered around in one place for years!!! most of the the sin that we are in, hiding, dealing with, is just one step away from freedom if we're willing to to turn and face God and walk towards Him.
they had nothing to eat, but the manna that God had provided for them and the quail that God had provided for them. the people was such a burden to Moses with all their complaining that he even asked God to kill him at one point, if all their burdens was going to rest on his shoulders. this is when the Lord took some of the burden from Moses and gave it to 70 proven men. God took some of the Holy Spirit from Moses and gave it to these men. Moses said the people was going to eat so much over a period of 30 days that they would become nauseated at the sight and mention of food, because they rejected God. when God provided, the people were greedy. even Aaron and Miriam was murmuring and complaining against Moses. God gave Miriam leprosy. she was put outside the camp for 7 days.
the time came for spies to be sent out and when they returned with word about the country that Moses sent them too, the people were afraid. land of giants and they could not take the country from them. Caleb thought differently. do you think differently about the situations you find yourself in? is it too much for you? of course it is, but with God all things are possible. and Caleb and Joshua knew that God had been with them and that He would continue to be with them. guess what, more rebellion, more grumbling, more crying, wishing for Egypt again.
oh that there were more people like Caleb and Joshua in the world today. trusting what God has already done and knowing that He will do the impossible for us when we trust Him. it's funny that when they stood up for what they knew God could and would do, the people wanted to stone Caleb and Joshua. at this point, God was angry enough to kill the grumblers. but Moses knew that the other countries had seen the power of their "I AM THAT I AM" and they feared His power. Moses pleaded with God not to destroy the complainers based on the greatness of God's mercy alone. God let the grumblers and complainers die in the desert over the course of their lifetime. 40 years!!!!
in reality, leaving a life of sin is not easy. one thing for sure, we cannot do it on our own. but we, just like the Israelites, forget that with God all thing are possible. so when it seems like you are up against an unconquerable task, sin or whatever, don't even attempt it by yourself. make sure that you surrender it all to God. He can and will break the chains of sin over our lives if we will let Him.
we'll pick up at Numbers 15 next time.
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ok, hope on board for the "2 minutes in the kitchen with me" train, chew chew!!! hahahaha so, I think I shared some stuffed salmon that I got at aldi the other day and it was scrumptious to last nibble. I'm pretty handy in kitchen so I set out to make my own. while $9.99 wont break the bank, I'm pretty sure that with a well stocked kitchen, I can do this and get several meals for that same money. no, I'm even gonna attempt to break it down by what it cost to make it, but I've been around the store several times in my life and I know that anything I can replicate will be much cheaper.
as per usual, I forgot to take a picture of the stuffing in the bowl where I mixed. I only remembered to take a pic after I had it pkged for the freezer. I made a large enough batch, to have 2 more meals from this first batch.
I vac sealed the 4 in this bag and tossed them in the freezer. I'm thinking I can use this with any fish I want. but for today, it will be used with salmon. when I put the stuffing in the salmon, I'll put a pat of butter on top of each one and that should help keep the stuffing good and moist and then I'll brush my teriyaki sauce on the salmon and pop it all in the air fryer. we'll see how it turns out in the air fryer. I'll try to remember to take pics.
"Patty's Salmon Stuffing"
this is all just guess-timates on everything I used. if this turns out good, I'll do a complete recipe with measurements, till then, this is as good as it gets. hahaha
about 3/4 cup of stuffing mix
about 1/2 cup of 4C bread crumbs with percorino romano cheese
about a tablespoon of my chicken bouillon
about a tablespoon each of my minced garlic and minced onion
1 pkt of some kind of seasoned tuna. I would opt for something on the mild side. we want to compliment the fish, not over power it.
and then enough almond milk to bring it together and hydrate all the bread crumbs, stuffing mix and dehydrated onions and garlic.
next batch I make, I'll try using some of my homemade stock in the freezer, I just didn't think about it in time to thaw some out. and homemade fish stock would be even more wonderful.
I have my salmon thawing and I'll split the salmon and put one of those little bundles in the opening and brush my salmon with teriyaki sauce and air fry it for about 15 minutes or till it reaches 145* internal temp. I'll also put a pat of butter on the stuffing to prevent it from drying out. I may do that when I take it from the airfryer, I don't know yet.
I'm pretty sure most of what I have dehydrated has been shared on my blog somewhere.
but, this is what's for lunch and I'll share the pics in another blog post.
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I hope that you have an amazing day today. and even if you're like my neck of the woods, with no sunshine, let the Son be shining on the inside. what ever our problems are today, let's take the stance that Joshua and Caleb took, and that is with God all things are possible. let's remember the faithfulness of God at all times and the fact that He's not ask us to do anything that He won't bless and make successful. I pray that we all take the time today to thank God for His great mercy!!! His mercy has nothing to do with how good we think we may be, but all about His character. sin (us, me, you) separates, mercy (God, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit) brings back together.
blessings of God's mercy be ours today thru the shed blood of Jesus Christ. hugs and love, patty
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