Showing posts with label fruit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fruit. Show all posts

Monday Devotional...Staying Connected to the Life Source

Did you read what this painting from Jennifer says?

Our strength, ability to grow and thrive, minister and well...
 apparently everything 
comes from being attached to our Heavenly Father.

For grapes the nourishment comes from the roots 
and up the stem
into the fruit.
For us it is no different.
If we are firmly rooted in the Word of God
we will be nourished and fed.

If we seek His will in each new day 
His joy will be ours.

I also love the word abiding.
It is a very comforting word.
This verse talks about a mutual togetherness.
Love it.

Don't get plucked from the vine before you are
fully ripe and sweet.
Stay under His protection.
When the birds of worry, doubt and fear assail-
hold on.

Hold on until you offer that wonderfully sweet fragrance
of ripened fruit.
Have you walked under a grape arbor filled with 
ripe concord grapes?
There is nothing to compare.
At one point when I was a young wife and 
mother I attended a ladies Bible Study at the home
of another woman in our church.
Just before you entered her kitchen door 
there was a grape arbor.
Everyone who came in walked under 
the fragrant grapes.
We all had to comment on it.
Some of us just wanted to reach out an 
partake of this goodness.
The sweet aroma was evident and made an impact.
Our prayers of supplication and praise are a wonderful
aroma to Him.
Our lives lived with Him should be pleasant to those
we come in contact with each day.
May our faith and joy inspire those we meet to want 
what we have.
And then may we have the courage and love 
to share our connection and life source.

Walk with Him today.
Stay connected.

It is life.

Hugs, 

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CAST Shop of the Week: Scentcosmetics

Introducing Garreth and Carla of Scentcosmetics. Garreth and Carla are a husband and wife team from N. Ireland who collaborate on their Etsy Shop. You'll enjoy taking some time to read their profile and discover how the Brazilian and Irish influence of their items came about.  If you are looking for novelty soaps such as the building blocks below or fruit or sheep or puzzle pieces along with cosmetics and other items, please take the time to browse through their shop.

Organic Building block Soap. glycerin. Soap Art





Please note that the only way to be featured as the CAST Shop of the Week is to tag your shop items "castteam" on Etsy and to not hide your teams in your Etsy profile. You will also have to have at least 12 items to feature. Those are the ways that I find great CAST shops to feature each week. 

CAST Members: If you have a minute or two, please feel free to favorite ♥ this shop or promote it on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, or other social media.  Thanks!

by Sue of SueRunyonDesigns
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THOU SHALT NOT STEAL...


We all know that stealing is wrong...God says so, and puts it in our hearts to know right from wrong. Here is a little anecdote about the consequence of "fruit theft". Go ahead and have a good laugh-I sure did, and be sure to see the beautiful work above by Jocelyn Fris of NewCreatioNZ She has expressed on canvas her version of the scriptures "Fruits of the spirit" Galatians 5:22-23

So beautifully rendered, and fruit that no one can steal from you when you are filled with the Holy Spirit!


THOU SHALT NOT STEAL......

A fruit farmer hired two new workers for his fields, but before he sent them out for the day's work, he told them he had just one rule: don't steal any fruit. The two agreed to obey the rule.

After the day was over, the two workers came in to report to the farmer. He asked them if they had stolen any fruit, and immediately their conscience forced them to tell the truth.

"Yes, we did. We ate some when we got hungry," they said.

The farmer replied, "OK, here is your punishment. I want each of you to go pick ten of your favorite fruit and come back to me."

The men couldn't believe their ears. This seemed more like a reward than a punishment!

After fifteen minutes, the first thief came back with ten cherries. The farmer promptly told him that as part of his punishment, he would have to stuff each cherry up his nose. The thief was upset about this, but he knew he had done wrong, so he slowly began to push the cherries up his nose one by one.

As he was working on the third cherry, he began to laugh hysterically. The farmer asked him, "What's so funny?"

The thief replied, "The other guy is out there picking watermelons!"




SING AND LAUGH TODAY-IT’S GOOD FOR YOUR HEART! XOXO, HANK AND DAFFY


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February Recipe of the Month
By Rita of sammysgrammy

I created this recipe for the 2009 Pillsbury BakeOff. Didn't win but I still think it's a winner!!


THE MILLION DOLLAR GLAZED FRUIT TART

Ingredients:

Pillsbury refrigerated sugar cookie dough (in pop-open cylinder)
1/2 cup of apple jelly
8 oz. carton of mascarpone cheese (room temperature)
8 oz. of lite cool whip (our effort to cut calories - ha ha)
2 tsp. almond extract
a variety of any kind of fresh or canned fruit (WELL DRAINED DRY ON PAPER TOWELS)***
pam cooking spray

***note:For the tart in the picture, I used canned sliced cling peaches, fresh blueberries and fresh green grape

Method:

Spray a 9" spring form pan with Pam. Open the refrigerated sugar cookie dough and slice into rounds about 3/8 inch thick. Put these into the spring form pan and pat out as evenly as you can to cover the pan and up the sides about 1 ' to 1 1/2". Bake this cookie crust according to the package directions. Cool completely but leave in the pan. While the crust is baking, assemble your fruit. If using strawberries, I wouldn't wash them. They hold too much water. But wash other fresh fruit (blueberries, grapes) and drain well. If using canned peaches, drain well on toweling.While those are drying out, mix the room temperature mascarpone with the cool whip and almond extract. This is the cream filling of the tart. When the crust is absolutely cool, spoon the filling in, smooth out the top and refrigerate it for about an hour so the cheese will cool again and the filling jells. After an hour in the fridge, arrange your fruit in an artistic pattern on top of the filling.

Final step:

Heat up the apple jelly on low heat until it's liquid. Brush this warm liquid with a pastry brush or teaspoon all over the fruit on top of the tart. Now your fruit will shine!!! Another note: You can use any flavor jelly that goes with your fruit. Here in Wine Country (Finger Lakes Region), we can get wine jelly. It's fabulous on this tart.

Keep refrigerated. Before serving, you can remove the sides of the spring form pan and present the tart on a cake stand or dish.

By Rita of sammysgrammy
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