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With the weather changing around us, it makes it so pleasant to be outside. Our dear neighbors moved this week and they couldn't take their trampoline with them, so the girls have been enjoying our new, but used trampoline in the backyard. Juggler was up ever so early the first morning bouncing all by herself. Soon, Rubber came and joined her. The Doodler likes the trampoline, but she'd rather have it all to herself, telling everyone around her that they bounce too hard. Even Little Woman and Little Bear made it out to bounce. It was a bread baking day today. Two loaves of whole wheat bread and a loaf of zucchini bread. I thought I'd include the bread recipe because it turned out so delicious. It's a shame that no one else in the house enjoys it as much as I do.
Zucchini Bread Ingredients:
Preparation:Put zucchini in strainer and press or squeeze with hands to get some of the excess liquid out. In a mixing bowl beat eggs, sugar, and oil together. Stir in the flour, baking powder, soda, cinnamon, salt, vanilla, and walnuts, mixing just until all ingredients are combined. Add drained zucchini. Mix well. Pour into 2 greased and floured 8 1/2 x 4 1/2-inch loaf pans. Bake for 55 to 60 minutes at 350°, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out with very little or no crumbs clinging to it. Early this morning, I spent time reading a recent find at the library, A Mom Just Like You, by Vicki Farris. In one of the beginning chapters, she expressed how intensely this one verse continued to help her during her days homeschooling. Later, when I sat down at the computer for a moment to check my email, this same verse came in on my email. God is so gracious and so generous to supply my every need, exactly when I need it, so I began to ponder the significance of this revelation. It seems that I needed a lesson in "leaning." The word lean means, "to cast one's weight to one side for support." So often I find myself saying, "I can do it or I'll get it all done," never once recognizing the strength that the Lord grants me to fulfill my daily tasks. I also haven't been leaning on His infinite wisdom and plan for our family. I struggle desperately with wanting to have more children, but I forget that I've laid this in His hands, His timing, not my own desires and timing. Proverbs 3:5 - 6. . . . .. . . Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. I pray that you will let God direct your path and while He is doing so, lean on His understanding and not your own. Blessings, |
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