Lord, It Belongs Not to My Care ~ Hymn

Lord, It Belongs Not to My Care

Lord, it belongs not to my care
Whether I die or live;
To love and serve Thee is my share,
And this Thy grace must give.

If life be long, I will be glad,
That I may long obey;
If short, yet why should I be sad
To welcome endless day?

Christ leads me through no darker rooms
Than He went through before;
He that into God’s kingdom comes
Must enter by this door.

Come, Lord, when grace hath made me meet
Thy blessèd face to see;
For if Thy work on earth be sweet,
What will Thy glory be!

Then shall I end my sad complaints
And weary, sinful days
And join with the triumphant saints
That sing my Savior’s praise.

My knowledge of that life is small,
The eye of faith is dim;
But ‘tis enough that Christ knows all,
And I shall be with Him.

Words: Richard Baxter

Skillet Pierogi Reuben

We enjoy watching a Saturday morning show on the Food Network called The Kitchen and this idea was shared on the show by Jeff Mauro. We tried it on a Sunday afternoon and enjoyed it. It’s easy to make with a frozen version of Polish Pierogies or you could make it with your own homemade Savory Wareneki/Vareniki. You can use corned beef or pastrami for this recipe. We used pastrami.
Ingredients:
  • 12 frozen Polish cheese or potato Pierogies or homemade savory Wareniki/Vareniki
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup thinly sliced onions
  • 2 cups sauerkraut, drained
  • 2 or more cups grated Swiss cheese
  • 1/2 pound pastrami or corned beef cut in a 1/4 inch slice and then cut in bitesize cubes
  • Thousand Island Dressing to drizzle
  • 1/4 cup minced chives
Method:
  1. Par boil and simmer pierogi in a cast iron pan or oven safe pan until they are al dente in salted water, drain and shake off all excess water, wipe off pan and return to stove top.
  2. Turn on the oven broiler with the the rack set on the lowest level.
  3. In same pan melt butter and add the drained pierogi back to the pan.
  4. Brown on both sides, turn off heat.
  5. Add the onion evenly over the pierogi.
  6. Add the sauerkraut evenly over the onion and pierogi.
  7. Add the grated cheese evenly over the sauerkraut, onion and pierogi.
  8. Add the cubed pastrami or corned beef on top.
  9. Place the pan under the broiler on the lowest rack and watch carefully until the cheese melts and bubbles.
  10. Remove the pan and sprinkle the chives evenly on top.
  11. Serve with Thousand Island Dressing drizzled on top.
  12. Serves 4.
You can serve this with a salad or fresh veggies to round off your meal.

Truth for Today #63

Thursday July 13th

On Thursdays my posts will include verses that stood out in my readings from the Bible during the week. One, two, three or maybe more. If you have a verse/verses that you read during the week and would like to share, leave it/them in the comments and I will add it/them to the post. Let’s dig deep in God’s Truth again this year! 

Ephesians 2:1-7

And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience–among whom we all once lived in the passions of the flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. BUT GOD, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ–by grace you have been saved–and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

From Vera:

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭43‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“Send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling! Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.”

From Karen:

Isaiah 5:21

Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Simple Pleasures Hodgepodge

Jo is back this week with some new questions for us to ponder for Hodgepodge Wednesday.

1. Is your life simple? Elaborate. 

For the most part my life is simple since I am retired and do not have every day responsibilities. The only set in stone activities in a given week are prayer meeting on Wednesday mornings and church services on Sunday. The rest of our schedule is free for us to fill in the blanks with weekly keep up of our home and property and any church activities that involve the church kitchen. We typically have our Colville kids over for an evening with dinner once a week. We will throw in a card night with two other couples maybe once a month. We always welcome overnight company that happen to travel our way. We just started up walking on the Rotary trail again with a 3x a week goal. We want to add in 3 days of strength training for our arms/shoulders.

2. What simple pleasure are you are currently enjoying?  

I enjoy summer fruit, especially nectarines.

3. Travel by…

Plane or go on a cruise? Plane

Walk or ride a bike? Walk

Swim or ski? Swim, although I’m not a fan of putting on a bathing suit these days.

Ocean or mountains? This is a tough one. I like to walk along the ocean and drive through the mountains.

4. What’s the last thing you bought online that you really loved? 

The latest is this ‘Sing’ Cd by Keith and Kristyn Getty which I’m enjoying but recently we ordered our new internet service totally online and installed everything to get it up and running. We are so happy with the purchase of Starlink and the improved quality of everything to do with the internet.

5. What’s your ‘back in my day we__________’ story? 

Back in my day girls had to wear a dress or skirt and blouse to school. Those dresses or skirts could not be shorter than knee length. If our girls vice principal thought a skirt or dress might be too short, she’d have us kneel and if the skirt or dress did not hit the floor we’d be in trouble! Photo is of some of my high school friends. I’m taking the photo.

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

These two have super powers! Love the slippers they find when they come over for dinner with their parents! Super Heroes love slippers! It makes me smile and thank our Lord when I find those slippers under the dinner table.

Walking Again

Last Friday we got up with the birds and tackled the Rotary Trail. Started our walk at 5:30 A.M.

This was something new on the trail path. Different languages on each side of the post saying May Peace Prevail on Earth. Nice sentiment but, with all the ungodliness, unrighteousness, lying and suppressing of the truth going on these days, I can’t see that happening anytime soon.

We have finally scheduled walking again in anticipation of another trip across the pond. We will be flying in and out of Dublin this time with a hopper flight to England, too. We are going with our oldest and youngest and their spouses. While in England we will stay to the North visiting York and the more of Yorkshire. From Yorkshire we will head to Liverpool for the Liverpool v. West Ham game before hopping back to Dublin. Our youngest and hubby are staying in Ireland for the full time we are on the trip. They have a 6 day tour and then will be on their own until we all fly home from Dublin. This trip will be in September.

Any suggestions for which villages/towns to visit in Yorkshire?

Speak, I Pray Thee, Gentle Jesus! ~ Hymn

Speak, I Pray Thee, Gentle Jesus

Speak, I pray Thee, gentle Jesus!
O, how passing sweet Thy words,
Breathing o’er my troubled spirit
Peace which never earth affords.
All the world’s distracting voices,
All th’enticing tones of ill,
At Thy accents mild, melodious,
Are subdued, and all is still.

Tell me Thou art mine, O Savior,
Grant me an assurance clear;
Banish all my dark misgivings,
Still my doubting, calm my fear.
O, my soul within me yearneth
Now to hear Thy voice divine;
So shall grief be gone for ever,
And despair no more be mine.

Words: William Williams, 1717-1791)

Translated from Welsh to English

Apple Blueberry Dump Cake

I saw this idea on a cooking show and wanted to see if it would work with some of my frozen fruit. It did turn out and those who ate it enjoyed it. Use whatever frozen fruit you might have. I had blueberries from our bush and apple slices from our tree.

Ingredients:

  • 1 quart frozen blueberries
  • 1 quart frozen apple slices
  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 3/4 cup oatmeal
  • 3/4 cup chopped nuts
  • 1/2 cup melted unsalted butter

Method:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Dump frozen fruit in a prepared (greased)  9 x 13 or larger baking dish.
  3. Sprinkle cake mix evenly over the top of the fruit.
  4. Sprinkle oats evenly over the top of the cake mix.
  5. Sprinkle nuts evenly over the top of the oatmeal.
  6. Drizzle melted butter over the top as evenly as possible.
  7. Bake in 350 degree oven for 55-60 minutes.
  8. Cool slightly and serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

Truth for Today #62

Thursday July 6th

On Thursdays my posts will include verses that stood out in my readings from the Bible during the week. One, two, three or maybe more. If you have a verse/verses that you read during the week and would like to share, leave it/them in the comments and I will add it/them to the post. Let’s dig deep in God’s Truth again this year! 

Ephesians 1:15-23

For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.

From Lana:

‭‭2 Corinthians‬ ‭4‬:‭16‬-‭18‬

“So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”

From Vera:

‭‭Isaiah‬ ‭26‬:‭3‬-‭4‬ ‭ESV‬‬

“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.”

From Karen

Ecclesiastes 12:13

Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.