Gleanings of Wheat

Got this from here after seeing a picture of it. Hello yummy. 1 cup sugar 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/3 cup HERSHEY'®S Cocoa 3/4 teaspoon baking soda 3/4 teaspoon baking powder Dash salt 1/2 cup nonfat milk 1/4 cup frozen egg substitute, thawed 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/2 cup boiling water Whipped Topping (recipe follows) 1 can (20 ounces) lower calorie cherry pie filling, chilled 1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line bottom of two 9-inch round pans with wax paper. 2. Combine sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Add milk, egg substitute, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water. (Batter will be thin.) Pour into prepared pans. 3. Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Carefully remove wax paper. Cool completely. 4. To assemble dessert, place one cake layer on serving plate. Spr...

I found this over at Rebecca's this morning - she posted it about 10 days ago and I missed it then. Love it. Happy Thanksgiving! What Shall I Render to My God What shall I render to my God For all His mercy’s store? I’ll take the gifts He hath bestowed, And humbly ask for more. The sacred cup of saving grace I will with thanks receive, And all His promises embrace, And to His glory live. My vows I will to His great Name Before His people pay, And all I have, and all I am, Upon His altar lay. Thy lawful servant, Lord, I owe To Thee whate’er is mine, Born in Thy family below, And by redemption thine. Thy hands created me, Thy hands From sin have set me free, The mercy that hath loosed my bands Hath bound me fast to Thee. The God of all redeeming grace My God I will proclaim, Offer the sacrifice of praise, And call upon His Name. Praise Him, ye saints, the God of love, Who hath my sins forgiven, Till, gathered to the church above, We sing the song...

It is no secret to the people who know me IRL that I generally don't enjoy Christmas. Until today I would have told you I hated it, in fact. I'm not going to try and explain why, b/c that's not really what this post is about and frankly I can't explain it well enough to bother trying. This semester I started an internship that requires me to work on site three days a week - it is the first time in about three years that I've been surrounded by unbelieving coworkers, and it's been a bit of an adjustment. Not to say I don't enjoy the work, or the people, it is just a major shift from working in a Christian bookstore. Anyway, with Thanksgiving upon us (Happy Thanksgiving everyone in the US!) and Black Friday just around the bend - I've been faced with the fact that Christmas is just weeks away. If you've read my posts this month you see that I'm trying to be more intentional about being thankful, and I've been thinking lately that while I m...

I've loved VT since I discovered them when I was 16, now that I have kids it is socially acceptable for me to watch them, but honestly I'd watch them even if my kids didn't want to. At least - I'd watch the older ones. The post Jonah era often lacks something, in my opinion. Anyway, here are a few lyrical samples of why I love the Veggies. Thankfulness I thank God for this day, For the sun in the sky, For my mom and my dad, For my piece of apple pie! For our home on the ground, For His love that's all around, That's why I say thanks every day! Because a thankful heart is a happy heart! I'm glad for what I have, Thats an easy way to start! For the love that He shares, 'Cause He listens to my prayers, That's why I say thanks every day! God is bigger You were lying in your bed, You were feeling kind of sleepy, But you couldn't close your eyes because the room was getting creepy. Were those eyeballs in the closet? Was that G...

The days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: (Jer. 31:31)

Today my kids and I played at the park after school - we haven't done that in a couple months, so it was a nice treat for all involved - and while we were there my almost 7 year old and I sat on the swings for most of the time. After running through the normal "what'd you do today" conversation I mentioned that next week he only has school for two days. The little girl next to him pipes up and says "that's because it is Thanksgiving!" before running off to play with her friends. I asked my son what he was thankful for and the first thing out of his mouth was, "I'm thankful for you, Mom." Go ahead, say it with me, "Aww, he's so cute." After that though he told me he was thankful for "everything," the swing he was playing on, the pizza he had for lunch, the whole world. Then he told me he wanted to go to Africa and visit the "Indians" - I can only suppose he means the tribal communities. So very out of the...

On Sunday my pastor had post it notes in the bulletin (go listen to the sermon , it'll make more sense) for us to write things that we were thankful for on. Today he emailed us all what was written. It was a nice reminder of the things God has done in the lives of my church family. I am Thankful For: My Family the women that serve so faithfully with our children, for their prayers and care in helping shepherd the kids the people in this church the life and people that God has given me. For God’s precious gift of Jesus! For my family and friends always coming through God allowing me to have a house This church my family and friends going to bed The church Everything I’ve been through this past year Prayer and for my prayerful church family My house and family Letting me go to Northland Camp For my Family The birth of our daughter God bringing us back to Calvary because we (our family) have been blessed by the good teaching That God gave my older son a job Chu...