Hi friends. Have not been able to write for a couple of days because my computer was off-line, but my husband arranged a few wires this morning and poof, I have internet again. This has been a crazy week, but a week of lessons that needed to be learned, taking time with friends and a day of cooking a couple of new recipes. Also, just found something new for a table decoration. Will share that in a minute.
I woke up to find a package on the front porch and inside were two new cookbooks from a new friend that I have made. Matthew is a business friend of Randy’s and lives in California. He took us to dinner a couple of weeks ago and found out that I loved to cook. Matthew’s uncle owns a pizza stone oven business there in California and has written a wonderful cookbook. He told Randy that he was going to mail me one of those books and he did, plus a cookbook from Julia Child, since we had talked about see the movie, Julia/Julia….then I go to lunch with another friend, Dena and she has a new cookbook for me today. It is all about cupcakes! So now I have 3 new books I can sit, have a glass of iced tea and read all my new books. A gift from God after having a rather interesting day yesterday. I had an experience which I will not share at this time, but it was one in which I felt God was telling me that maybe I was not suppose to just say yes to everything anyone asked of me. I have been reading a book titled, “Walking With God” and in it, John Eldridge says that we get so busy that everything we do becomes just something else to check off a list, even our prayer lives become something else to check off some days. Because I have a very hard time saying no to people, as I’m sure many of you do, I find myself so busy some days that each week is filled with so many responsibilities that by the time I get home, the thought of cooking or spending time with other family members just wears me out. So I am determined to begin to pray and ask God what He is wanting from me. To quit being afraid of appearing “lazy” to others when declining an invitation, when my schedule is already so full. Maybe that comes with our age, we find out that some of the things that we thought important, truly are not that important. That what we should be concerned with is, “is this something that God has purposed for me” and will it be glorifying to Him?… Writing this blog has made me learn to write out my thoughts and think about my time and priorities a little more than I have done in the past. Maybe it is time for all of us to look at our schedules and put a little more time in our conversations with Him. Wonder what He thinks about our busyness..Is it truly pleasing to God?
Chocolate Castles 