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Written by The Austins
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Monday, 02 August 2010 |
].jpg "Image") Frying in olive oil the breaded pieces of eggplant ].jpg "Image") It smells very good! ].jpg "Image") Lightly brown on both sides until golden in color.].jpg "Image")
Layer fried eggplant pieces, pizza sauce and cheese...then bake. It was delicious and didn't last long!].jpg "Image")
My husband took this picture today... a big butterfly on the sunflower. ].jpg "Image") It feels like Fall today with cool weather and misty sprinkles.  A bit of sadness here today. Ducli had been feeling poorly for the past couple of days and we just found her in the goat condo where she had gone to lie down. She is no longer with us. We get a bit attached to our animals. She was a good mommy goat and very friendly, we will miss her! ****************************************************************************************************************** If you are Jewish, I encourage you to listen to this discussion on the book of Ruth! If you are a Gentile, I encourage you to do the same! Get a better understanding, read this book: http://www.bjupress.com/product/256834 Romans 11 Israel’s Rejection Not Total 1 I say then, has God cast away His people? Certainly not! For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not cast away His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel, saying, 3 “LORD, they have killed Your prophets and torn down Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life”? 4 But what does the divine response say to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.” 5 Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
7 What then? Israel has not obtained what it seeks; but the elect have obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 Just as it is written:
“ God has given them a spirit of stupor,
Eyes that they should not see
And ears that they should not hear,
To this very day.”
9 And David says:
“ Let their table become a snare and a trap,
A stumbling block and a recompense to them.
10 Let their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see,
And bow down their back always.” Israel’s Rejection Not Final
11 I say then, have they stumbled that they should fall? Certainly not! But through their fall, to provoke them to jealousy, salvation has come to the Gentiles. 12 Now if their fall is riches for the world, and their failure riches for the Gentiles, how much more their fullness!
13 For I speak to you Gentiles; inasmuch as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, 14 if by any means I may provoke to jealousy those who are my flesh and save some of them. 15 For if their being cast away is the reconciling of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
16 For if the firstfruit is holy, the lump is also holy; and if the root is holy, so are the branches. 17 And if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them became a partaker of the root and fatness of the olive tree, 18 do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.
19 You will say then, “Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in.” 20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. 21 For if God did not spare the natural branches, He may not spare you either. 22 Therefore consider the goodness and severity of God: on those who fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in His goodness. Otherwise you also will be cut off. 23 And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. 24 For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, who are natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree?
25 For I do not desire, brethren, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own opinion, that blindness in part has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written:
“ The Deliverer will come out of Zion,
And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
27 For this is My covenant with them,
When I take away their sins.”
28 Concerning the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but concerning the election they are beloved for the sake of the fathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience, 31 even so these also have now been disobedient, that through the mercy shown you they also may obtain mercy. 32 For God has committed them all to disobedience, that He might have mercy on all.
33 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!
34 “ For who has known the mind of the LORD?
Or who has become His counselor?”
35 “ Or who has first given to Him
And it shall be repaid to him?”
36 For of Him and through Him and to Him are all things, to whom be glory forever. Amen. |
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Written by The Austins
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Sunday, 01 August 2010 |
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This is the cheery sight outside our front windowon this first day of August. The funny thing is that it is facing the house.
].jpg "Image") Our first time growing eggplant.I think it is pretty! Here are some recipes: http://oldrecipebook.com/eggplantrecipes.shtml ].jpg "Image") Mama hen with her two chickies.She started with five, but now there are only two left it appears.We don't know what happened to the other three chirpies. ].jpg "Image")
Fresh from the garden. She is making this recipe: Wash outside of eggplant, take of the stem. Cut in half length-wise. Slice into ¼” pieces In a skillet, pour in olive oil and heat at medium. In one bowl, mix 1 cup of flour, 1 cup of Italian bread crumbs & 1 tsp. salt. In another bowl, whisk 4 eggs with a fork. Dip each piece one at a time first into the egg, then into the dry mixture Making sure each piece is coated on both sides. Fry until golden on each side. . Place them on a paper towel and blot out the oil. Then lay each piece in a Pyrex dish (casserole size). After you have one layer, top with pizza sauce. Top that with Mozzarella cheese. Repeat with another row of fried eggplant continue the process And end with cheese on top. Back 325 degrees for 30 minutes or until all the cheese is melted and Sauce is bubbly.
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 01 August 2010 )
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New Pictures in the Header |
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Written by The Austins
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Saturday, 31 July 2010 |
Out with the old, in with the new...Eldest son has put more recent pictures up on our header.The others were from around 2005 when we reformatted the website. ].jpg "Image") Three of our blessings are going to college. Two are still homeschooling.My, the years have gone by quickly! I could say, oy, because time soars by... but it has really been a joy to watch them grow. God has showered out His blessings and we're so thankful.
We still cherish our family meals with nightly Bible reading and discussions with whichever of our children are home each night. Here (the link below) is something I wrote in 2005 about purposeful parenting...not perfect parenting, there is no such thing! But yes, purposeful for the glory of Jesus Christ~> http://www.parentingwithpurpose.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=26 ******************************************************************************************************************************************* Psalm 107 Thanksgiving to the LORD for His Great Works of Deliverance 1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.
2 Let the redeemed of the LORD say so,
Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,
3 And gathered out of the lands,
From the east and from the west,
From the north and from the south.
4 They wandered in the wilderness in a desolate way;
They found no city to dwell in.
5 Hungry and thirsty,
Their soul fainted in them.
6 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
And He delivered them out of their distresses.
7 And He led them forth by the right way,
That they might go to a city for a dwelling place.
8 Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
9 For He satisfies the longing soul,
And fills the hungry soul with goodness.
10 Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death,
Bound in affliction and irons—
11 Because they rebelled against the words of God,
And despised the counsel of the Most High,
12 Therefore He brought down their heart with labor;
They fell down, and there was none to help.
13 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
14 He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,
And broke their chains in pieces.
15 Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
16 For He has broken the gates of bronze,
And cut the bars of iron in two.
17 Fools, because of their transgression,
And because of their iniquities, were afflicted.
18 Their soul abhorred all manner of food,
And they drew near to the gates of death.
19 Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble,
And He saved them out of their distresses.
20 He sent His word and healed them,
And delivered them from their destructions.
21 Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
22 Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving,
And declare His works with rejoicing.
23 Those who go down to the sea in ships,
Who do business on great waters,
24 They see the works of the LORD,
And His wonders in the deep.
25 For He commands and raises the stormy wind,
Which lifts up the waves of the sea.
26 They mount up to the heavens,
They go down again to the depths;
Their soul melts because of trouble.
27 They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man,
And are at their wits’ end.
28 Then they cry out to the LORD in their trouble,
And He brings them out of their distresses.
29 He calms the storm,
So that its waves are still.
30 Then they are glad because they are quiet;
So He guides them to their desired haven.
31 Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness,
And for His wonderful works to the children of men!
32 Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people,
And praise Him in the company of the elders.
33 He turns rivers into a wilderness,
And the watersprings into dry ground;
34 A fruitful land into barrenness,
For the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
35 He turns a wilderness into pools of water,
And dry land into watersprings.
36 There He makes the hungry dwell,
That they may establish a city for a dwelling place,
37 And sow fields and plant vineyards,
That they may yield a fruitful harvest.
38 He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly;
And He does not let their cattle decrease.
39 When they are diminished and brought low
Through oppression, affliction, and sorrow,
40 He pours contempt on princes,
And causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no way;
41 Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction,
And makes their families like a flock.
42 The righteous see it and rejoice,
And all iniquity stops its mouth.
43 Whoever is wise will observe these things,
And they will understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. NKJV |
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