If you are a Mom, aunt, sibling, cousin or just a observant soul, you probably have watched a baby feed on his milk. He eagerly feeds as if he had never eaten before today. He smacks his lips and makes all kind of sounds including contentment once he starts to feed. If he doesn’t receive nourishment, he begins to cry loudly from hunger in order to get your attention. He wants it now and eagerly draws it in as quickly …
Batter’d to Shape and Use
In my younger years, I made homemade yeast bread the old fashion way: starting from scratch (that means no frozen bread, no prepackaged mixture or bread machine was in use). I began with basic ingredients such as flour, sugar, salt, shortening, yeast, etc. and mixed them together then set them aside to rise. This rising process takes time as the yeast in the mixture begins to release gases to make the dough rise. Once the dough doubles in size, …
In the Belly of the Whale
Jonah 1:1-17 The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.” 3 But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD. 4 Then the LORD sent …