Today I reflect on simple thoughts and simple pleasures. My leads are somewhat similar to others in The Simple Woman's Daybook group, yet a bit different as well.
A picture to share...
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| The Perigee Moon From Our Backyard |
"The heavens declare the glory of God,
and the sky above proclaims his handiwork."
Psalm 19:1
Outside my window... The perigee moon is rising in the eastern sky.
Noticing the sound of...
Cars on the road across the river. Sounds carry so much farther and clearer in the night air.
Thinking...
About true fellowship. We spent the afternoon at a lodge with friends from our homeschooling past, sharing what God is doing in our lives and spending time in prayer. We've always looked forward to times together and are trying to get together a couple times a year now that our paths don't routinely cross.
Thankful for... Opportunities to reconnect with old friends of like mind who encourage and strengthen.
Reflecting creativity, in His image...
I've been rather lethargic this week for several reasons, with no mental energy for creativity. Being with old friends today helped tremendously to get me back on the path.Looking to the ways of my household...
The only thing of much productivity this week was helping My Beloved get the crape myrtles along the driveway trimmed back. This is their third summer and, hopefully, they'll leaf fuller this year. They're intended to hide the neighbor's trash can that sits at the side of their house, which is across from our driveway. Out of sight for them, but directly in sight for us.
This coming week I'm hoping to...
Keep my thoughts off what it's been on this past week, taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ. (2 Cor. 10:5)
Learning....
I'm taking an online class, learning to build color bridges in fabric. It's part of my interest in quilting.
From the kitchen....
We stopped for supper on the way home from visiting with friends this afternoon, and I had cinnamon pancakes. It reminded me somewhat of a delicious yogurt pancake recipe I have to share with you. The recipe calls for plain yogurt, but I've also used flavored yogurt with complementary filling and/or topping. Sorry that I can't give credit where credit is due for the basic recipe, but I don't remember where I got it.
Yogurt Pancakes
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
2 cups (16 oz) plain yogurt
1/4 cup water
Optional fillings:
Semisweet chocolate chips, dried cranberries, blueberries
Optional toppings:
slice ripe bananas, coarsely chopped pecans, cooked apple slices
In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, yogurt and water. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened.
Pour batter by 1/4 cups into a hot griddle coated with non-stick cooking spray. Sprinkle with your choice of filling. Turn when bubbles form on top, cook until the second side is golden brown.Serve with your choice of topping and/or warm syrup.
Yield: 12 pancakes
A thought from my Quiet Time....
1 John 1:5-7--This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
I'm reminded that because God is light and in Him there is no darkness, that we cannot offer Him any worship that has light and darkness mingled together, which is often found in cultural adaptation. There is no fellowship with Him in such an offering, and He does not receive it.
Currently reading...
Continuing to read Knowledge of the Holy by A.W. Tozer
Sharing a brief paragraph.
Philosophy and science have not always been friendly toward the idea of God, the reason being that they are dedicated to the task of accounting for things and are impatient with anything that refuses to give an account of itself. The philosopher and the scientist will admit that there is much that they do not know; but that is quite another thing from admitting that there is something which they can never know, which indeed they have no technique for discovering.
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