Month: October 2008

  • Apple Butter Adventure… I can can!

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    I am so sorry to keep you hanging on the final chapter of my October 2008 Apple Butter Adventure. It’s been a very full week and now I have a few minutes to bring you up to date: After three days of simmering, my apple butter was finally ready for canning. And, no, before this…

  • Serve because you are instructed to serve

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    Scripture: Luke 17: 10 So you, also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’” Observation: It is our duty to serve as servants, not to look for rewards for serving. Application: I must serve the Lord because I am instructed…

  • Recognize discipline

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    Scripture: Ezra 5:12 But because our fathers angered the God of heaven, he handed them over to Nebuchadnezzar the Chaldean, king of Babylon, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon. Observation: This was in a letter to King Darius explaining why the temple should be rebuilt and respectfully pointing out the decrees…

  • He wants to heal your heart

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    Scripture:  Psalm 147:3 He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds. Observation: God cares for us and doesn’t want us to lose hope. He will heal our emotional scars. He does not want us to be filled with hurt and pain. Application: God cares for us completely. Not only will he provide the physical…

  • The applebutter adventure continues…

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    After nearly three days of simmering, my applebutter is finally ready for canning! Here’s what has happenned since my last post: (I know the anticipation must be getting to you. I mean, this is crazy exciting stuff. Okay, maybe not THAT exciting.) Yesterday I continued simmering the applebutter (yes, that was day 2) in the slowcooker and…

  • Ask for it all… even the expected

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    Scripture: Zechariah 10:1 Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime; it is the Lord who makes the storm clouds. He gives showers of rain to men, and plants of the field to everyone. Observation: I could be missing something here and this verse could be describing something deeper, but here is what I am…