Random Thoughts

Friday- Cooking Focus

I have no good recipes to report. I have had one of the worst cooking weeks since the beginning of time... I made some really, really, really BAD meals. One even went straight to the dog- yuck.

I like to cook because it is a creative outlet for me. I like trying to create something nice with the 10 fine ingredients that I can buy here. :) Peter really likes having a nice meal and it makes me feel good to serve him good food.

I have learned to cook from scratch from cookbooks, mostly the Wycliffe Bible Cookbook, and LOTS of trial and error.

This week I tried some new recipes- that were BAD.

So this week I made a quiche with ground beef that had a TERRIBLE texture. I fed it to the dog.
I tried a Serbian casserole with ground beef. It was NOT good. I ended up mixing it in with scrambled eggs to get rid of it.

I have come to a realization that ground beef is really best as hamburgers, tacos, meatloaf, taco soup, and made into sausage. Nothing fancy... :)

Anyhow, today I ran another couple of miles and I was listening to the song Supernatural by DC talk. It got me through the last .5 miles and really spoke to my heart. I know that is strange, but it is true. I don't know how people run without music. If I am tired I just find a more inspiring song.

Besides family and friends, I miss music so much. Music makes me come alive- it puts a finger on something in my soul that nothing else can.

When I'm running and about to fall off my lovely treadmill, I sink into my mind and music and REALLY like it. That is the part of the morning I like the best. A chance to be ALONE and NOT hear my precious children, and NOT think about what I have to do or make or be.

Supernatural by DC Talk is an old song- I don't have any new music. Most of the music we have is Peter's because I have always been a radio listener and too cheap to buy CDs. Did I mention that we have VERY different taste in music, so I'll change that now and stop being so cheap about something I really enjoy!

Anyhow, it is loud, has a GREAT bass line and it is inspiring.

Here are the lyrics I really like-
"This worlds a tortured place to be
So many things to torment me
And as I stumble down this road it takes a toll
These days and nights I turn to you
No human hand can pull me through
No cosmic force or magic brew will ever do

But I can see it coming
Your not so far away
cause I can feel your power
Surging through the whole of me

God is there and he is watching
He tells me all is well (its supernatural)
God is there, there's no denying
Hes supernatural (its supernatural)
Supernatural

Beyond this physical terrain
There's an invisible domain
Where angels battle over souls in vast array
But down on earth is where I am
No wings to fly, no place to stand
Here on my knees I am a stranger in this land

I need an intervention
A touch of providence
It goes beyond religion
To my very circumstance

But I can see you coming
Your not so far away
cause I can feel your power
Surging through the whole of me."

Great huh? I used to think, "God is watching, and waiting to see when I do bad things." But I see now that God is looking for soft hearts who will walk with him.

Like Noah in an evil generation, God was looking and saw in him and his willingness to "walk with God."

Amazing- God comes to him and says build a humongous boat because I am going to send tons of water (this to a man that had probably never seen rain) and "Noah did everything just as God commanded him" It says that several times. Noah was willing to do crazy things because, "he walked with God." He trusted God to lead him daily. And God was watching and looking not to condemn him but to save him!

PS. I have been a little preachy lately... sorry. It is not directed at you all. I treat this blog sort of like my journal, so I am mostly talking to myself and jotting down the few thoughts in my day that are deeper than what's for dinner?, or how can I clean up this room?, or how can I keep my kids from screaming at each other?, or what should I do today?, or how can I help Weston remember his letter sounds?, or how can Sierra learn to talk and stop whining? or, or, or, or, or............ :)