Psalm 33:11
The plans of the LORD
stand firm forever,
the purposes of his
heart through all generations.
"My people perish for lack of vision..." Proverbs 29:18
"The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit." - Jesus (John 3:8)
You will keep in perfect peace him whose mind is steadfast, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord...
Lord, you establish peace for us; all that we have accomplished you have done for us.
My first batch of cookies in Japan! The dough was definitely a success! I wish I had some girlfriends to share it with, along with a good chick flick. The cookies themselves didn't turn out half bad either! Yeah! grins
Ahhhh...To share cookie dough and a blanket on the couch! :) I myself will become a cookie dough monster for the next few weeks, as I intend to carry on my family's Christmas-cookie-giving tradition...except this time, I'll be doing all the baking myself! We would bake 8 or 10 different kinds of cookies, and then put together cookie plates with a few of each kind of cookie on them, and hand them out to our neighbours. It was always a great way to get involved in the neighbourhood, to generate relationships with the people who formed our community, but who we might not otherwise see because we're all so wrapped up in our busy lives! (This was always such a huge relationship-building tool not only because of the significance of home-made food rather than a store-bought gift. But also because Christmas cookies aren't a Brazilian tradition at all, and so it opened lots of doors for conversation about Christmas traditions and the fact that we give gifts during this time because we have been given the greatest Gift of grace and love from God through Christ Jesus!)
So now I'm taking those lessons and running with them in my own life, finding out as I do so that I don't really know my neighbours here at all. But I want to. I hate existing in a bubble! So here's to cookie dough, home-made cookies, and the grace of God poured into our lives through people! Like you. I love you, Rachel! I'll be thinking of you as I snitch cookie dough in the next few weeks. :)
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Ahhhh...To share cookie dough and a blanket on the couch! :) I myself will become a cookie dough monster for the next few weeks, as I intend to carry on my family's Christmas-cookie-giving tradition...except this time, I'll be doing all the baking myself! We would bake 8 or 10 different kinds of cookies, and then put together cookie plates with a few of each kind of cookie on them, and hand them out to our neighbours. It was always a great way to get involved in the neighbourhood, to generate relationships with the people who formed our community, but who we might not otherwise see because we're all so wrapped up in our busy lives! (This was always such a huge relationship-building tool not only because of the significance of home-made food rather than a store-bought gift. But also because Christmas cookies aren't a Brazilian tradition at all, and so it opened lots of doors for conversation about Christmas traditions and the fact that we give gifts during this time because we have been given the greatest Gift of grace and love from God through Christ Jesus!)
So now I'm taking those lessons and running with them in my own life, finding out as I do so that I don't really know my neighbours here at all. But I want to. I hate existing in a bubble! So here's to cookie dough, home-made cookies, and the grace of God poured into our lives through people! Like you. I love you, Rachel! I'll be thinking of you as I snitch cookie dough in the next few weeks. :)
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