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There's JOY in the Kitchen ~
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The key to failure is trying to please everybody.
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A weekly newsletter from Sarah's Tent, an
online ministry tailored towards Pastor's Wives.
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Isa 51:1-2 / Isa 54:2-3 / Heb 10:24, 25
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Pass The Salt Please
By JoyfulArt
This past weekend we had the pleasure to take
one last trip to the Colorado Mountains as a
family and camp before our schools started.
Leaving on Sunday after services, we grabbed a
sandwich at the grocery store and thundered up to
the hills in our truck, pulling along our little
camper popup tent.
While setting up camp, our kids scrambled up
the slopes to go rock climbing. My daughters cry
echoed down the mountain side as she exclaimed,
"Oh look!! I found a PURPLE one!!"
Pretty soon, my son shouted, "Hey look!
Here's a GREEN one!!"
Pulling tight the canvas on our tent, I
imagined they were finding interesting rocks and
mused at how much they sounded like they were on
an Easter egg hunt. In a matter of moments the
kids came squealing down the slope with armloads
of brilliantly colored MUSHROOMS! Never in all my
life had I seen so many mushrooms of all kinds of
colors, sizes and shapes. Needless to say, we
spent a few hours just drawing them and marveling
at the selection. (No, we didn't eat any. I
figured if they were pretty and desirable, they
had potential to be dangerous.. .hmm, could do a
sermon on that...)
Later that evening we prepared dinner over the
open fire and suddenly realized that we had NO
salt!! How can you bar-b-que a hamburger with no
salt? In the morning it was frustrating to eat
dull eggs . . . with no salt. Then lunch with
corn on the cob...and, no salt. Such a minor
condiment, and it's absence was greatly felt as
the food we ate had no flavor.
As I thought about the absence of our salt, I
remembered an article written by one of the
pastors wives in Sarah's Tent, BHale7904 which
follows this article. She goes into great detail
about the various uses and characteristics of
salt.
Just like the mushrooms my children picked on
the hillside, we will pick mushrooms up in the
grocery stores to eat. However if we do not know
what it is we are picking, we could inadvertently
poison ourselves or our families. People are like
that too. Just because they call themselves
Christian, doesn't mean they are in relationship
with Christ. We all come in many packages,
shapes, colors and sizes. Yet inside each one of
us is the potential for good or harm.
Since we cannot do a thing about another
person, we must then concentrate on ourselves and
who WE are. Have we lost our flavor? Are we
putting on an appearance of good when our motives
are really potentially dangerous? When we give of
ourselves, are we giving correctly, only where
needed, or are we taking the top off and pouring
ourselves out, snuffing out the working of the
Holy Spirit on a persons life?
Outward beauty means nothing to the Lord. How
much work you do in the church or in the ministry
doesn't impress Him either. Where is your heart?
Where is your savour? What kind of seasoning are
you bringing to the Kingdom of God? Time for a
heart check! Instead of complaining that you are
overwhelmed and burned out, perhaps it's time to
see if your lid is screwed on right. Perhaps you
have a few holes plugged with old salt and need a
good cleaning? By the way, have you ever seen a
salt shaker leap onto a plate and shake itself
out without the masters hand directing it?
Dearest pastor, if you have ears to hear...are
you listening?
2 Tim 2:4-6
No soldier in active service entangles
himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that
HE MAY PLEASE THE ONE WHO ENLISTED HIM as a
soldier. And also if anyone competes as an
athlete, he does not win the prize unless HE
COMPETES ACCORDING TO THE RULES.
The hardworking farmer ought to BE THE
FIRST TO RECEIVE HIS SHARE OF THE CROPS. (NAS)
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Phil 4:4-7 Rejoice in the Lord alway: and
again I say, Rejoice. Let your MODERATION be
known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. Be
careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer
and supplication with thanksgiving let your
requests be made known unto God. And the peace of
God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
(KJV)
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YE ARE THE SALT
by BHale7904
Ye are the salt of the earth, but if the salt
have lost its savour, wherewith shall it be
salted...Matthew 5:13 Salt is good but if the
salt have lost his saltness where with will ye
season it? Have salt in yourselves and have peace
one with another. Mark 9:50 Salt is good but if
the salt have lost his savour wherewith shall it
be seasoned? It is neither fit for the land nor
yet for the dunghill but men cast it out. Luke
14:34-35
How many uses are there for salt? Salt is a
seasoning, we use the salt to flavor our food.
The salt itself is a vessel for the flavoring. We
know this for why else would it be said to throw
it out if it has no savour? Is there any one of
you who has left a box of salt open by accident
for a while? it draws dampness and lumps and is
no good for seasoning. It loses its flavor and as
a seasoning is useless.
Salt is a purifier. How many times have you
been told to soak something in salt water? Salt
on an open wound hurts. It burns yet that will
clean out the wound. It purifies it.
Salt is a preservative. Anytime that you are
canning vegetables, you add salt. If you are
drying something, you salt it. Salt is a
preserver. It will keep whatever it is on or in.
Salt is a slug repellent and destroyer. If you
put salt in your garden or where slugs are
normally, seen it will destroy them. Salt
destroys the slugs that may damage your garden
thereby letting your seed and plants grow.
Salt will melt ice. If you take salt and pour
it on an icy sidewalk, it won't be long before
the ice is gone and your footing is sure again.
Jesus said ye are the salt of the earth. Are you
good salt or salt that has lost its savour? If we
are the salt then our spirits must be willing and
able to hold the savour that the Lord puts in.
How else can we flavor the world around us? If
salt touches anything else it lends his flavor to
it. As we go along in our daily walk we lend our
flavor to those around us. We influence those
around us whether it be good or bad. We are
judged by the way we are just as salt is judged
by the way it lends its flavor. If it is good
strong salt, it only takes a little to flavor
something. If it is salt that has been sitting
without being closed up to the things of the
world then it takes more of it and after while
once it has been opened to the things of the
world for too long it is useless. It is no
different that whatever you are attempting to
season.
As salt we must also purify. Pure salt has
flavor just as pure Christians have a lot of the
Lord. Pure salt will burn a wound and a pure
Christian who runs upon an open wound will grate
upon that wound and try to purge it of its
infection or bad things. Sometimes we get a
little over zealous and pour on a lot of salt
when it only takes a little. As a preservative
the quality that does this is the savour also. Or
in the case of a Christina the Lord. He will keep
us and preserve us and help us to preserve the
things that need preserved. If we put salt around
where we find the slugs of the devil we can
destroy them. Have you ever poured salt directly
on a slug? It will kill them. It destroys them
the same as the word of the Lord gives us victory
over the devil and all his snares if we will use
it. Salt can sit on the shelf all day but if you
don't pour it on the slug or where the slug will
get it on his body the slug won't die. If you
dump it out in a heap the slug will avoid the
salt, however if it is sprinkled about then the
slug will not sense it and crawl right through
and it will destroy it.
As the salt melts ice so does the Lord melt
the ice in our heart. Before we get saved we have
a cold indifferent heart, then the Lord moves and
pours out his spirit on us and the ice melts.
Maybe you don't realize its the Lord working but
the salt that is in you can melt the ice of some
other cold frozen up heart.
Salt has many functions just as we Christians
do we can't allow our salt to sit around open to
the world and lose its savour. We must keep it
closed to the world unless we are using it for
something. Be always on the alert for the devil
to try to open your container of salt and leave
it open. Let God be your guide on when to use
some of your salt for him.
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Ninety percent of the friction of daily
life is caused by the wrong tone of voice.
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POT LUCK!
The
Country Kitchen
http://members.aol.com/StndNFaith/Kitchen.html
PrasHm sent this incredible site to us along
with the recipes below which I believe came from
this site as well. You really MUST check out The
Country Kitchen - it will boggle your mind with
the wonderful resources and recipes it contains!
PEACHES! PEACHES! PEACHES!
"Fresh Peach Crumb Pie"
1/2 c. soft butter 4 c. sliced fresh peaches
1/2 c. sugar 2 Tbs. cornstarch
1 1/2 c. sifted flour 1/2 c. sugar
pinch salt 1 Tbs. lemon juice
Crumb together the butter, sugar, flour and
salt with pastry blender, fork or fingers. Set
aside 3/4 cup of the crumbs. Press remaining
crumbs in a 9 inch pie plate and 3/4 inch up
sides.
Combine in a bowl, peaches, cornstarch, sugar
and lemon juice, mix well. Arrange peach mixture
in pie plate. Bake 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
Remove from oven and sprinkle with remaining
crumb mixture. Bake another 20-30 minutes. This
is excellent served warm.
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Peach Cake
6-7 peeled and sliced peaches 1 egg, slightly
beaten
1/2 c. sugar 1 box yellow cake mix
1 tsp. cinnamon 3/4 stick of butter
1 pint sour cream
Combine cake mix and butter with pastry
blender. Press into greased 9x13 pan. Bake 10
minutes @ 350 degrees. Spread peaches over cake.
Sprinkle with combined sugar and cinnamon.
Combine sour cream and egg. Drizzle over peaches
(will not cover completely) Bake another 45
minutes. Serve warm.
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Peaches and Cream Pie
1 unbaked pie shell 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
3-4 large peaches, cut into eighths 1/2 c. heavy
cream
1/2 c. sugar 1/2 tsp. vanilla
2 Tbs. flour
dash salt
Heat oven to 450 degrees. Peel and cut peaches
into eighths. Arrange in pie shell. Combine rest
of ingredients. Pour over peaches. Bake 10
minutes at 450. Reduce heat to 350 and continue
baking for 30-40 minutes or until cream is set.
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CHUCKLES
Sent in by JMT214
My husband has always been disdainful of
people who, in his estimation, talk too much.
Recently he proudly told me he'd heard that men
use 2200 words a day, while women use 4400. I
pondered that a moment, then concluded,
"That's because women have to repeat
everything they say to their husbands." He
looked up and asked, "Come again?"
Sent by: BMills2627
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Joy In The Kitchen is an extension of Sarah's
Tent An online ministry devoted to gathering
together God's silent warriors, the wives of
pastors and ministers of all denominations and
cultural backgrounds, as well as their families,
for fellowship, support, laughter and prayer. Isa
51:1-2 / Isa 54:2-3 / Heb 10:24-25
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