good morning beautiful children of God. I hope and pray that wherever you are today, that you know you are blessed to be a part of this incredible day. I woke up to snow and it's still snowing. I don't know how much longer it will snow, but we're supposed to be in a deep freeze for the next few days. praise God for heat. I also pray that the electricity stays on. we just try to be prepared. and, for now, I just keep thinking forward to spring. and seed starting time. working on planning out my container garden keeps my mind occupied with good thoughts. we all need good thoughts. and when I'm in my garden, I'm always walking and talking with the Master Gardener Himself, God. He knows what He's doing, me, not so much. but I do enjoy my time in the garden with my Lord and Savior. so let's look forward to those times and not fret so much about what we see outside. I can remember when we didn't worry so much about winter weather. but back then, we wasn't as dependent on all the new fangled things that we are today and most of those things require a lot of electricity. so for me, I guess that's why I have a tendency to think about power outages and things like that. so I'll pray against the bad that can happen and ask God to help me trust Him more, in all things. sounds like a good plan. if you have a tendency to worry about stuff out of your control, join me in "letting go and letting God". it's a good plan.
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back to the kitchen with another "2 minutes in the kitchen with me". this is what my stuffed salmon looked like. I can't get the pic turned to the right orientation, I'm so sorry about that. but this is ready to drop in the air fryer. my balls of salmon stuffing was pretty big, but it was the perfect amount.
this is what our plates looked like. this has sweet potatoes on it and my asian salad dressing on my salad. I'm telling you, this was sooooooo good!!!
this one was my husbands plate with the russet potatoes and thousand island dressing.
this is both plates with all our taters and salad and salmon, stuffed salmon that is. hahaha
it was better than I could have imagined. and my husband was thrilled with it. he actually said that it was better than the original and it was!!! it was so good. I have 4 more balls of stuffing in the freezer and I'll be using them pretty quickly. hahaha so my recipe will be a keeper and I'll try to remember to get the recipe as exact as I can. but if you're used to winging it, you can make do with what I've already shared. I hope you give this a try. I had planned on trying to change the recipe before having tried it. but not now. I'm tickled pink over this!! woohoo!!!!
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let's get back to Numbers 15, with more laws for Gods chosen people. I'll have to say it again, that I'm so thankful to have been born on this side of the cross. the foot of the cross is equal to everyone and there are no laws to fulfill. my husband and I are always talking about this and we say that the laws were to show us just how sinful we are and how easy it is to break a law and be guilty. when Jesus died on the cross, God tore the curtain from top to bottom, opening the Holy of Holies to the common person, thru the shed blood of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. praise God for the cross.
verses 37 thru 41 is where God told them to make tassels with a violet thread in each tassel. then put the tassels on the corners of their garments as a reminder to follow God and not to follow their own heart and their own eyes, which led them to sin, or prostitute themselves. it will be a reminder of all that God had done for them thus far. if you'll remember in the New Testament, the woman with the issue of blood wanted only to touch hem of Jesus' garment. some have said that at the hem was the tassels and this is what she wanted to touch. there was no power in the tassels, she just knew if she could just touch His tassel, she would be healed. and praise God she was. I know people today that were tassels on their clothes just as a personal reminder to themselves of who they are and of what God has done for them. I would love to have some tassels for myself just as a reminder of the faithfulness of God and of all His blessings He has heaped upon me in my lifetime.
and just like that in chapter 16, we have rebellion, again. who would have thought such a thing. Moses was a man of humility and he proves it time and time again. God opened the earth around the rebellious evil wicked men and swallowed up their entire families and all their belongings. and fire consumed the other 250 men who were rebellious too. after all this, more grumbling the very next day. we are a complaining bunch of humanity, aren't we.
I am so thankful that we don't have to keep the laws. I am just so thankful that I have Jesus Christ as my covering.
Miriam died and Moses struck the rock with the staff of the Lord and claimed part in the miracle. then God told Moses that he would come into the promised land because of his disobedience. how many times do we want to claim a part of what God has done in our lives? this is making works a part of salvation when we do that. the plain truth is, the only that works in our salvation is Jesus Christ and the work He done on the cross. we believe or don't believe. that's it. no works on our part. and for Aaron's part in striking the rock, he died where they were. he didn't get to go to the promised land either.
again in chapter 21, the people grumble and complain against God. they just can't help. guess what, I/we just can't help either. because we grumble and complain a lot. this is when the Lord sent serpents to bite the people of Israel and they died. so Moses made a fiery serpent on a flag pole and who ever was bitten and looked at the flag pole would live. guess what, when we look up to the cross and see Christ in our place and believe in Christ, we live. our earth suits will eventually die, but the heavenly garments will go with us into eternity. praise God!!! as they followed the will of God, God gave them the land. as long as they were obedient to God they prospered as it was God's will for them to claim the land.
if you want to know why donkeys are smarter than humans, then read chapter 22. in the following chapters what started out to be curses for God's people ended up being blessings for God's people and curses for the ones that was wanting the curses to be on the Israelites. God works it for His good and His glory every time. sometimes He has has to use a talking donkey.
and just like that, they sin again. God had said time and time again not to have anything to do with heathens in the countries He was sending them to. but they always found themselves taking on the ways of the other people. they was worshiping false gods and offering sacrifices and that actually led to human sacrifice. God told Moses for the Israelites to be hostile towards the people of the land for all the trickery and deception.
in chapter 26 we'll be looking at a new generation of people.
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well, I guess I'll wrap this up today. blessings on you today. I pray that we all have a great day and that we can remember the goodness of God and that He is a jealous God. He wants to be the only One that our heart searches for and craves. may we each find Him today and claim Him as our Lord and Savior thru the shed blood of Jesus Christ. than You God for all you have done for me/us.
blessing be on each of us as we walk out this day. hugs and love, patty
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