As Our Children Start School . . .

Trena loaned me a book the other night at the meeting at her house called The Family Blessing by Rolf Garborg.  It's just a short little book on blessing your children and family and offers a few examples.  I've really enjoyed it and am trying to be diligent at blessing my kids before they go to bed.  I found one that I really like from this book that pretty much covers all bases and I thought I would share it with you to say over your children as they start school . . . 

God bless you with grace and peace,

power and protection,

health and healing,

holiness and godliness,

abundance and prosperity, 

and all the fruit and gifts of the Holy Spirit,

in Jesus’ name.  AMEN!

Hope all your kids, young and old, have a great year at school.

Books some of us have read that we REALLY like

Book List – From some of the Tuesday night Bible Study Ladies

REG (Christian Themed)

The Hole in the Gospel – Richard Sterns

The Lost Secret of the New Covenant – Malcolm Smith

Mere Christianity – CS Lewis

Parenting with Love and Logic – Jim Fay/Foster Cline

Passion with Purity – Elizabeth Elliott

The Shack – William Peterson

The Blessing – Gary Smalley

Praying the Scriptures for your Children and Teenagers

Rees Howells – Intercessor – Norman Grubb

Medford Series

The True Vine – Andrew Murray

Praying Like Jesus – James Mulholland

God Mean It for Good – A Fresh Look at the Life of Joseph – RT Kendall

Desire: The Journey we Must Take to Find the Life God Offers – John Eldredge

The Dynamic Duo: The Holy Spirit and You – Rick Renner

The Heavenly Man - Brother Yun

 

Non – REG (Secular)

Three Cups of Tea – Greg Mortenson

Janet Evanovich Novels (all of them)

Fern Michaels Series

Miss Juilia Series

Secret Life of Bees

The Help – Kathryn Stockard

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

The Wednesday Sisters

The Lord's Prayer

This is absolutely precious!  Just had to share with you guys.  Thanks Paula!

Indescribable

Some of us watched this about a year ago at Janet's.  And what we are studying this week reminded me of it again.  Who am I that HE would know MY name?  The creator of ALL knows who I am?  Look how far I have come!

Who Am I?

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cake - YUM!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cake

1 cup quick oatmeal

1 3/4 cup boiling water

1 stick butter or marg

1 cup brown sugar

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 3/4 cup flour

½ teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 tablespoon cocoa

1 12 oz pkg semi-sweet chocolate chips

chopped walnuts (optional, but highly recommended!)

Preheat oven to 350

Use greased and floured 9 x 13 pan (glass works better)

In large bowl, pour boiling water over oatmeal; let stand 5-10 minutes

Add butter, brown sugar and sugar to oatmeal; stir until melted

Beat eggs and add to mixture–don’t mix too much

Sift flour, salt, soda, and cocoa together into mixture; blend until mixed, but do not overmix.

Add ½ package chocolate chips; stir gently. If mixture is too warm, let cool so that chocolate chips will not melt or sink to bottom

Pour into pan

Evenly sprinkle chopped nuts and remaining chips on top

Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes

BBQ Recipe

Here is the recipe from Lisa's BBQ we had the other night.  YUM!

Chuck Roast BBQ

 

3 lb chuck roast

1 med onion, chopped

1/2 cup celery, diced

2 TBSP oil

2 TBSP vinegar

2 TBSP lemon juice

2 TBSP Worchestershire sauce

2 TBSP brown sugar (I used 4)

1 Cup ketchup

1 TBSP mustard 

1/2 cup water

dash pepper

1 tsp salt (I used seasoned salt)

 

Place meat in baking dish.  Mix other ingredients together and pour over meat.  Cover tightly with foil.  Bake at 350 for 4 hours, or when meat is tender.  When finished, remove meat from pan.  Pull apart meat with fork and remove all visible fat.  Skim fat off of liquid.  Return meat to liquid and mix well.  If doubling recipe, use less water.