The pizza sauce has been
reducing for several hours and is almost ready to can. It is amazing the amount of tomatoes we have
to use to get a pint of sauce – lots!
Fortunately Carla has lots!
Pretty day out today, Mount Hood
is covered in clouds and that is just fine!
Unfortunately that is not translating into moisture, yet.
Might get some more sauce made
up and peaches, we could use a few more before they give out – other than that
we are almost done canning for the season.
Will be freezing some peppers
and may dry some along with some tomatoes, we shall see.
So much better knowing what is
in your food and canning those super fresh veggies and fruits give the food a
lot more flavor than getting them from the store.
Luke 6:46-49 And why call ye me,
Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
47 Whosoever cometh to me,
and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is
like:
48 He is like a man which
built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the
flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it:
for it was founded upon a rock.
49 But he that heareth, and
doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the
earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell;
and the ruin of that house was great.
The new minister preached his
first sermon. Everyone was ecstatic;
they applauded his insights and his delivery.
The next week the new minister
preached his second sermon – it was the same as the first. People had questions, but they praised him
anyway.
The next week the new minister
preached his third sermon – it was the exact same message as the other two. Those that had not been there before praised
him, those that had been there just looked at him.
Monday the deacons visited him
and asked him, “Why are you preaching the same sermon over and over?”
The minister said, “Because you
are not obeying.”
I must say that I am extremely
thankful for a patient and forgiving God.
All too often I have been in that situation where I KNOW what I am
supposed to do, I have been told over and over again, yet, I fail to do it.
When we work we have certain
policies and procedures we must follow; directives that allow the company to
perform in a consistent manner for their customers, clients or patients.
None of us would continue using
a doctor who says, “This is what the ‘manual’ says I must do – but I don’t want
to do it. Thank you for coming in, let’s
get together again some time.”
Yet, we go to church and listen
to the sermon; we set time to read the Word of God; we pray for guidance and
direction from the Holy Spirit and then we go about as if we had not heard or
read any of it.
We have a strong foundation in
Jesus. We know how to build upon that
foundation – we just need to do it.
Later, Art :-)
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