good morning from my breezy neck of the woods. the wind is bringing in the next round of rain and bad weather we're supposed to be having, again at night. I guess I'll do like I've been doing, just pray thru it. so many are still reeling from all the weather we've had since last october and it just keeps coming. we got our walk in this morning and I've got to get in the kitchen for a round of making bread to turn in to varying rolls and then freeze for future use. my stash is getting low and I love having bread ready to bake in the freezer. anything I can make and put back for later is a win win all day long in my book. when I can remember to do it, I'll get all my dry ingredients put together in a bowl and then when I'm ready to make the dough, I'll put the wet ingredients in the bread machine, then the dry ingredients and top that with the yeast and it's easy peasy. if I'm gonna make a second batch of that particular dough, once I start the bread machine, I'll just start getting all my dry ingredients together in the bowl again and the wet ingredients in another bowl. when the first batch is done mixing, I'll remove that dough and dump in my wet ingredients, then my dry ingredients, and then the yeast on top and start the machine again. I'll generally do that about 4 times on my bread making day. 2 times for my brioche buns and 2 times for my cornbread swirls. as a general rule, I can usually be done with 4 batches of dough in about 2 and a half hours. as each batch comes from the machine, I'll start the next batch and then get the rolls made and on sheet pans and pop in the freezer to flash freeze and then bag them up to use in the coming weeks. it's a wonderful way to stay ahead of the game with my bread. anyway, this is what's on the schedule. all of it may or may not come to fruition, we'll have to see.
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so, let's do a 2 minutes in the kitchen with me. it's been a while since we've done this. for supper last evening, I wanted veggies, lots of veggies. so I took some yellow potatoes, an onion, some carrots and a can of drained and rinsed green beans. I done a good dice on the potatoes and carrots and sliced the onion. I plopped it all on a sheet pan lined with parchment and then salted, peppered, powdered onion, powdered garlic and then spritzed it all really well with avocado oil.
I then mixed it up really well and tried to make it one layer in the pan. I popped it in the oven at 425 degrees with some lamb shanks that I was baking. I'm telling you this was great!!! and a wonderfully easy clean up!!!!!
I'm all over easy clean up. this went so great with the lamb shank bbq. I wish I had gotten pics of the lamb shank, but I didn't. when the meat was done, I picked it from the bones and shredded it and put it on a baking pan lined with parchment and covered it with bbq sauce, popped it back in the oven for about 20 minutes and that was the best meat ever!!!!! I have come to find that lamb meat isn't tough or stringy like a lot of other meat is. it's so good with bbq sauce on it. I know a lot of people put rosemary and other spices on it instead of bbq sauce, but I'm not a fan of rosemary, so I'll go with bbq sauce. hahaha I fixed it, I can do what I want. you can too!!! make it yours!!!
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giggle for the day:
Q - What breed of dog can jump higher than a skyscraper?
A - Any breed of dog. Skyscrapers can’t jump!
😂😂😂😂😂
well, now we know!!! hahahahaha
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starting with Ezekiel Chapter 1, this chapter will show us that we as humans have a limited ability to understand God. God does things that's totally beyond our ability to grasp. despite trials and tribulations, God is always close at hand to hear and to help us. Gods glory is with us, even in our darkest hours. this chapter is one of the most mystifying chapters in the bible. but with this chapter comes a message of hope and restoration. God is all about restoration. Just as God was with Ezekiel in exile, we can know that God is with us, no matter what. we have to be open to call of God over our lives, regardless of the unfamiliar, because He will be with us.
Chapter 2, there is a responsibility that comes with answering God's call. we have to be fearless and undaunting by the response of the message that God wants us to share. we should be ready to hear God's call and respond to it once we know what His instructions are. we live in a day and time where people don't want to hear truth and they don't respond to it really well. most people have never heard real truth. but we must share truth even though it can be scary. focus on being faithful to God instead of how people will react to the truth that you're sharing.
Chapter 3, obedience to God requires courage, sacrifice and resolve to do God's will. it's not easy!!! do you internalize scripture? when we read scripture, we should be internalizing it. make it relevant to ourselves, understand scripture as it was written for the day in which it was written, but apply what was written for the exiles to our life today. it has to transform us, change our lives, before what we say, with God's help, will have a life changing effect on someone else. if it doesn't change us, how can we expect what we say have a change on other peoples lives? we have a responsibility and we are accountable for our obedience. the only way we can do the will of God is with the Holy Spirit in us giving us strength and guidance. we have to be about the Fathers business, warning others about spiritual danger, because we care about them.
Chapter 4, there are consequences when we turn away from God. we have to acknowledge our sin and find hope in God's mercy, even during hard times. we must be alert to the warnings that God gives thru His word and the Holy Spirit. sin is serious with serious consequences. sin separates us from God. we need to strive for purity in our lives. God wants us to live holy lives. we can not live holy lives when we are living in sin.
Chapter 5, we need to make sure that our actions line up with God's commandments. just because God loves us, doesn't mean He won't discipline us, God is always always always just!!!! we have to consider the consequences of constant disobedience to God. we have to repent and turn back to God!!! God's judgements are righteous even when we don't understand. most of the time we're not going to understand Gods ways, just because we don't understand doesn't make God wrong in His judgements. God is righteous, holy and just.
next time we pick up with at Chapter 6.
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well, I guess we'll set this one to type. I hope we all have a great day today. and it goes without me saying it, but I'll say it anyway, let's continue to seek after the heart of God. as long as we're seeking after the heart of God, we'll not stray too far from Him. stay in His word, internalize it, let it change us and continue to pray. blessings of strength and courage be ours today.
hugs and love, patty
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