Serving others

So it's not a picture of me being Martha but my daughter helping make cornbread dressing for our church's annual, free community Christmas Eve luncheon.

December 24 (2009)

Favorite moment of the day (I know it's early on Christmas Eve): pretending to be Martha Stewart in my kitchen making apple butter and apple fritters...but not having enough apples so substituting applesauce! Archer still loved them and Jessalyn wanted some of those "apple critters"!  Merry Christmas everyone.

                  I am not a great cook.  Actually, everyone in my family makes fun of me because I usually burn something or set off the smoke alarms!  I don’t even really like to cook but I do it because my family would otherwise starve.  God equipped me with knowledge to read recipes and throw ingredients together to make meals that are nourishing to our bodies.  When we have proper nourishment, we then have the energy to go out and do the work of the Lord.  Our mealtime prayers always contain the phrase, “Bless the hands that have prepared this food, and bless this food to the nourishment of our bodies, and our bodies to Your service.”  Ultimately, our job is to serve others and, with good foods and great blessings, we can do what we are called to do.