Thanks be to God for this new day! I am awake! I am alive! I am saved by grace! I am ruled by a fierce, awesome, loving, forgiving, mighty God, and I have a wonderful husband, a good home, a wonderful church family, and great neighbors! What more could I want! 

Home On The Range

My poor burner trays on my stove are scratched, chipped and stained. Some people would consider me a poor housekeeper if they saw them. I try to keep them scrubbed but years of use shows. The front burners are the worse. When people come for dinner or to visit they can't help but see them. My stove is near the door where everyone comes in. I know it is silly to think that people really look at them or even care. As I was saying the front burners get the most use and look the worse. I do sometimes use the back ones and sometimes all four at once. My walk with God is similar. My front burners are my relationship with God and bible. My back burners are praise and prayers. My oven is life application. I want to be cooking on all four burners and in the oven too! But because I can only handle so much, I have to wait to see what part of the stove God wants to cook on first. I believe it's different every day because God doesn't want me to become ritualistic, and He wants to keep me fresh. Sooner or later everything God and I cook on top of the stove ends up in the oven. Sometimes I take it out to soon and God has me put it back in again. It isn't done until He says so. Where do my ingredients come from? Why, my source of course! The Father, Son and Holy Spirit. They are the Master Chefs. They Guide me step by step through life's everyday recipes.

Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him... part of Psalm 37:7 The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord, and He delights in his way. Psalm 37:23