Day Trippin' With God

Sabbath school, read the book of Esther this week. Where do you fit in this book? If there was a play which role would you like to play or which role would you feel the most comfortable playing?

Now to the title subject. Sometimes I get lonely, need some spice in my life or what ever and God so often is that friend and that spice in my life. I wanted to share this with you because it's not what one might think about but it is a delight to me.
I went to the thrift store here in Delta, there's only one, and I was looking for more children's books because I love to see Rachel enjoying them. I remember how much I loved books and well, you know....we like to give what we like to get. Anyway, some dufus had put some adult books in with the childrens books. One of them was a book entitled, Feast Here Awhile; Adventures in American Eating by Jo Brans. It looked interesting so I threw it in my pile to peruse as to whether I wanted to purchase it. Then I found the book Microwave Gourmet by Barbara Kafka, I started to put it back, but it was such a large book on microwave cooking that I took a second look and put that in my pile, also. Finally, I had this huge pile of books so I sat down and made the decisions. Had some wicked child scribbled over each picture with black crayon and therefore it was ruined, was the story decent for a young child. Was the art work good. When I got to the 2 books for me, well, Feast looked interesting and Microwave actually was written by a woman who was skeptical about microwaves and learned how they worked and what you could really do with them. So I got them both.

Got home picked up Feast and it was well written and enjoyable. She talked about eating as a child and then learning to cook on her own and then cooking trends in her adult life, various chefs who influenced America and her, cookbooks, etc. But the prize to me was on page 108. and I hope she forgives me for quoting. She was talking about church sponsored cookbooks for fund raisers.
"Sometimes a community, however well knit, has a resident heretic, like Mickey (Mrs. Gerald) Sandridge, whose Best Ever Rum Cake considerably enlivens Sharing Our Best, the publication of Bethel Presbyterian Church in Olive Branch, Mississippi. Here's the recipe:
Best Ever Rum Cake
1 or 2 qt. rum baking powder
1 c.butter 1 tsp. soda
1 tsp. sugar lemon juice
2 large eggs brown sugar
1 c. dried fruit nuts
Before you start, sample the rum to check the quality. Good, isn't it? Now go ahead, select a large mixing bowl, measuring cups, etc. Check the rum again, it must be just right. To be sure the rum is of the highest quality, pour one level cup of rum into a glass and drink it as fast as you can. Repeat. Now with electric, beat one cup of butter in large fluffy bowl. Add one seaspoon of thugar and beat again. Meanwhile make sure rum is of highest quadidy. Add 2 argeLeggs, 2 pucs of fried druit, and beat until high. If druit gets stuck in beaters, pry it joose with a drewscriver. Sample the rum again, checking for highest conscisticity. Next, sift 3 cups pepper or salt (it really does not matter which). Sample the rum again. Sift 1/2 pint lemon juice. Add 1 Babblespood brown thugar (or whatever color you can find). Wix mell. Grease oven and turn cake pan to 350 gredees. Now, pour the mhole wess into the boven and ake. Check the rum again and go to bed.

Now wasn't that funny! I certainly laughed myself silly!
So then I started reading the Microwave Gourmet the next day and this woman can make jam in the microwave! And I keep thinking this author sounded familar, well, yes she is, she was in the Feast Here Awhile book. So I got on the internet and Barbara Kafka is quite the cookbook author.
Vegetable Love
Soup, A way of Life
Roasting, A Simple Art
Party Food
as well as the one I now own.
Then I started laughing, God did this to me earlier in the year to get me to read Tracy Kidder's book Mountains Beyond Mountains and thereby get a better understanding about Haiti. He had led me book by book to get me to that book.
I have been missing creative cooking ideas and need more veggie ideas since potluck at church is veggie, just incase someone in church feels eating meat is sinful and unhealthy (okay it is healthier to not eat meat but that ain't the only thing honey, watch us throng to the dessert table!)
Anyway, I had a good laugh at God's love to me and I know He had a good laugh at me laughing about His sneaky way to give me fun and love.

You know that song, Will I dance for You, Jesus, etc, etc? Well, I've often wondered what I would be like with Jesus when we have our special time. One day I heard a whisper and saw a picture in my mind that I would hang onto His hand and talk and talk and talk about all the cool things He's done that makes me happy and I'd ask Him a thousand questions and we'd laugh a lot. Now isn't that just like me? Dancing around and being silly happy! Yup, that's love!