“Preserve thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from talking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; search peace, and pursue it. The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to his cries.” Psalm 34:13,14,15

“For he that in this stuff serveth Christ is appropriate to God and authorised of males. Allow us to subsequently observe after the issues which make for peace, and issues wherewith one might edify one other.” Romans 14:18,19

Immediately is the final day of February 2023. The place has the time gone? Extra necessary, what have we carried out for Christ? Ouch! I’m stepping alone toes right here. However critically, time is so fleeting.

We nonetheless have March forward of us. I assumed yesterday for positive we had March wind and April showers multi function bundle.

We began out for work. I used to be questioning myself, ought to we actually? We didn’t go very far, I circled, and we got here again house. Paradoxically, I believe we have been out within the worst of it, the rain anyway.

I couldn’t cease by the entrance door like I usually do, so Erwin needed to keep on the buggy whereas I took care of the horse. Then we needed to wait awhile till the rain let up. It didn’t, solely a smidgen, so we made for the home. It was so horribly windy and took so lengthy, we have been each soaked.

My nerves have been shot, we have been exhausted. However actually, I used to be glad to be house. Even when I stored second-guessing my determination. Oh properly, how necessary are our jobs versus our security, anyway?

Once I may lay apart the responsible feeling of possibly not making the suitable selection, I had a reasonably good day.

I, in fact, did my laundry. I needed to dangle it up inside, and it form of gloomily hung there, not making a lot effort to rush and dry.

Now the clouds are breaking apart, and the solar shines. Hopefully, it is going to be good tomorrow. Daughter Jane has workday.

It appears so typically when she has workday, it’s dreary. A minimum of tomorrow we gained’t be cleansing home windows. She plans to make rooster broth to make use of for Julia’s wedding ceremony. I don’t know what else is on the agenda.

Making rooster broth will be messy, selecting the meat off the bones. It’s all the time good to have a salt-shaker helpful, particularly if the meat remains to be heat.

I used to be pondering I used to be speculated to take salad for lunch and bought the elements I wanted. However then I checked the chart to verify. Groan! I’m down for dessert. Oh properly — preserve it easy. Get an angel meals cake at Shady Crest. Sigh — they didn’t have any. In all probability they only have them on Fridays and Saturdays. So, I’ll simply purchase a combination and make my very own. Not a good suggestion. It was an off model, the egg white combination didn’t wish to beat up stiff, even after beating 20-Half-hour.

And yeah, it’s a flop. I took it out of the oven, turned it the wrong way up on the stick on the desk, turned my again, and PLOP! The factor plopped out of the pan onto the desk. Sigh — now what? It’s nonetheless edible.

Anyway, this previous Friday, I went to Beachy’s bulk meals. It was a pleasant day. I don’t often go on Friday, however this time it appeared to work OK.

And sure! Good thought! They’ve contemporary doughnuts on Friday. I just like the common doughnuts greatest. The stuffed ones are actually good, too, however they’ve loads a lot filling for me. Plus, I can’t eat them on the way in which house. Too messy!

Anyway, I used to be simply going to take a small chunk, only one! So I can have the remaining for break with Erwin as he wasn’t working and was at house. Effectively! One chunk, ambrosia! Ahh! Only a teeny chunk extra. Who was I kidding?! The subsequent factor I knew, that complete doughnut was inhaled! These issues are soooo good and possibly as artery-clogging as something you’ll be able to eat. Effectively, I’m not there typically on Friday, so possibly it doesn’t matter.

This previous Sunday, our church was on the neighbors’, so we have been invited again for supper and the youth hymn singing. What a privilege. The singing was so good.

What a splendidly fulfilling technique to worship the Lord. I’ve typically wished I may sing. However carrying a tune is simply not my expertise.

In closing — allow us to use our blessing within the current world to achieve blessings which might be out of this world.

This recipe comes from certainly one of my aunts who has way back left this world for a greater place.

Norwegian apple pie

3/4 cup sugar

1/2 cup flour

1 cup diced apples

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/2 cup nuts

1 egg

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 levels.

Mix sugar, flour, salt and baking powder. Stir properly. Stir in egg, vanilla, apples and nuts. Spoon right into a 9-inch pie pan; bake Half-hour. Can serve with whipped cream or ice cream.

*This is sort of a wealthy cake; moist, chewy and scrumptious.