I have another recipe to share with all of you. My husband came up with this.
We all love it!


Wild Rice With Raisins and Pinenuts
4 Tblspn. Butter
½ large onion or whole small - chopped
1 apple - chopped
¾ cup raisins
½ lemon –juiced
½ c. pine nuts
3-4 c. Wild Rice - already cooked (See bottom of this post for directions)
2-3 Tblspn. chopped cilantro

Sauté onion in butter, ‘till translucent.

Add chopped apple. You can peel it or leave peel on. If you cook an apple with the skin on too long, it may become separated from the apple. (Irritating, but not deadly, that I know of.)

Juice the ½ lemon.

Pour in some raisins.

 Now comes the wild rice. Once you’ve put this in, you’re committed to stirring.
Throw in the pine nuts.

Last but not least, the cilantro. It goes in when everything else is hot. This totally makes it. Fresh cilantro will make this dish “sing”. If you're not a big cilantro fan, you could try fresh basil. It would also go well in this dish.

Once everything is hot, serve it up and enjoy!
Cooking Wild Rice is easy.
2 c. Wild Rice
3 c. water
(Pan with a lid)

Put water and wild rice in the pan. Turn heat to high. Wait for it to start boiling. As soon as it starts to boil, put the lid on and turn the heat to as low as it will go without going off. Set your timer for 25 min. Go do something else until your timer goes off. Don't lift the lid. I know you will be tempted to peak, but don't, it lets out precious steam. When your timer goes off, turn off the heat. remove pan to a cool burner or to a trivet. DON'T lift the lid yet. let it set for another 10 minutes. Now you can start getting the rest of this yummy recipe together. :) When your timer goes off after the additional 10 minutes,
"you may now lift the lid". :) It should be sort of a soft-chewy, just starting to split open. Enjoy!

In my personal Bible study time I've been pouring over scripture about renewal,
rest, filling, and guidance. Because I've felt like I was running on empty. When I get that way, I usually,
withdraw from everything and everyone and
try to"restart" my engine. Well, you can't restart an engine that has no fuel.
Even if you get it started you won't go far. Matthew 5:6 say, "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled". Psalm 23 speaks of how we are cared for by our Shepherd, Jesus.
He guides us, gives us rest and fills us to overflowing!
Ephesians 3:20-21 says, "Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly
above all that we ASK or THINK,
according to the power that works in us,
to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus t
o all generations forever and ever, Amen".
Praise the Lord for His constant care, His love, and His abounding blessings in our lives. He refreshes, revives, and refills us, so we can continue serving Him with gladness.
Isaiah 40:29 say, "He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might he increases strength".
Psalm 8:3-4 - "When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon, and the stars, which You have ordained,
What is man that You are mindful of him,
and the some of man that You visit him?" 
Thank you Lord.

Psalm 127:3
Behold children are a heritage from the Lord,
The fruit of the womb is a reward.


I LOVE this picture! Just the unreserved love of Squirrely-Jo for her Daddy. It's so precious. Children are such a blessing and a gift from God.

I am thankful for My Husband and my children.


HAPPY FATHER'S DAY HONEY!

May the Lord Continually bless you as you lead our family in serving Him.

Psalm 139:13-16

For You formed my inward parts;
You covered me in my mother's womb.
I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
Marvelous are Your works,
And that my soul knows very well.
My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the
lowest parts of the earth.
Your eyes saw my substance,
being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.

This is My Father's World

"This is my Father's world,
The birds their carols raise;
The morning light, the lily white
 Declare their Maker's praise.
This is my Father's world,
He shines in all that's fair;
In the rustling grass I hear Him pass,
He speaks to me every where."
- Maltbie D. Babcock/Franklin L. Sheppard -

Psalm 139:1 – 6

O LORD, You have searched me and known me. You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways, for there is not a word on my tongue, but behold, O LORD, You know it altogether. You have hedged me behind and before, and laid Your hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain it.

1 Corinthians 13:4 - 7
Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy, love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.


1 John 4:7 - 11

Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love does not know God, for God is love. In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to to love one another.

Romans 8:28 - 31

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His son, that He might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified; and whom He justified, these He also glorified. What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us who can be against us?

Sometimes the Lord has us go through things that seem dark, difficult or scary. You don’t think you can do it or make it through. Your head is spinning and you want to hide under the covers until it goes away.

These trials are to grow us. They are to make us run to our Lord and Savior, Jesus. We are not suppose to be able to get through it on our own. We can only get through it with the Lord’s strength.  That it may bring Him glory.

2 Corinthians 12:9

And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

We are going through a trial at our house right now. My husband, Bob, has a kidney disease and because of that he has high blood pressure. He’s been on medicine for it, but it stopped working since his last check up. Now his blood pressure has been spiking. He went for blood tests and we’ve been waiting for the news.
Bob just got a call from the doctor and the news was not positive.  His PTH (a hormone produced by the thyroid) level is 428 while the normal level is between 12 and 65.  Bob has secondary hyperthyroidism, which is due to his kidney disease.  We don’t have all the information yet but they have prescribed another med for Bob, which he has to pick up today.  The nurse said it is very expensive. He also has to go in for more blood work  this  afternoon. We will know more Thursday when he goes back to the doctor. He’s been dealing with insomnia & fatigue, which has to do with what’s going with his thyroid.
We would appreciate your prayers on this. Thank you.