Daily Musings on the Hill

Darling Hill is a quiet place with a narrow, welcoming lane. The view from the top is breathtaking and its vistas change many times throughout a day. I hope that you can visit often and enjoy it as much as my dear Husband, family and I do. God has allowed Syd and I to sojourn here until He leads us on to another place of service or until He takes us Home to Heaven. The little cabin He has provided sits alongside Darling Hill Road, nestled in, on a northwest corner.

Sunday, January 4, 2015

“Bless the Lord, O my soul; and all that is within me, bless His holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits.” Psalm 103:1,2

It is hard to believe that I've not posted on this blog in so many days. So much has happened in the past weeks. As the Psalm above says, "all that is within me..." and it is so hard to put into words all the things He's blessed us with in these weeks, certainly it's hard to declare ALL that is within my thankful heart! It's something I have been doing, but not "blogging about". This morning, being that our church services were called off due to icing throughout the state, the sermons Syd and I have listened to together, sharing blessings with one another and with fellow church members via phone...it makes me want to publicly "bless the Lord" for all His benefits! We miss all of our church family when we are not together. There's almost nothing I hate more than to have to stay home from church when the services are going on, but I'll admit, it's easier to "miss church" if there IS no church. God's Word has touched our hearts and taught us this morning though, and now Syd is out clearing all his driveways and the one road that he plows, as temperatures are going down into the teens and single digits for the entire week to come, the forecasters say.

We had a blessed holiday time with our family. These are the pictures at Syd's Aunt's house on Christmas day.

Sam, Mom and Olie (Luanne's in the portrait)

Brad & Keith

Olie & Sturm

Sam

Jenalyn and Brad

Making candy: We have the recipe, if you request it. For our neighbors we are making Apple Taffy and Moxie Chews. We're getting New Year's baskets together. Here we are, wrapping. Syd wore his Moxie orange sweatshirt for the occasion.

The Moxie in parchment, the Apple in waxed paper

This is just a portion; Each recipe makes over 200 candies!

Yes, we got them all wrapped...all 400 of them!

One big blessing, on New Years Day we went to see "the girls", the twin grand nieces. Oh yes, and we saw Dustin and Bethany too! As soon as I can figure out how to get my photos and videos OUT of my new tablet, I may post some of them! Sorry!

One other big blessing...Little grand nephew, Jason Owen, was born on New Years day!

8 lbs 9 ozs and 21 inches long. We are praying for you, Willow and Jason!

We wish you all a very Happy 2015!

Those of you who know the Lord Jesus; we pray that God will lead you into growth and further service for Him daily. For the readers who have not come to the Lord Jesus Christ yet, we pray that soon you'll see and believe the Bible; believing on the love God has for you in sending His Son, the perfect, spotless Lamb of God, who came to the earth and "became sin" for you. He died and shed His blood, the perfect sacrifice for sin, so that those who will believe will "be made the righteousness of God, in Him".

“For He hath made Him to be sin for us, Who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him.”

2 Corinthians 5:21

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NikkiJanuary 5, 2015 at 6:11 AM
Moxie chews? Those sound yummy.
So excited for Willow and Jason. What a fun way to start a new year.")
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finallyafarmgirlJanuary 5, 2015 at 7:00 AM
Love the pics - glad you could spend the holiday with us! You didn't tell people that the "portrait" was done about 42 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Aunt Jan's Wild Corner

This is just the kind of recipe that my Aunt Jan would have loved to share with you. I have no doubt that she made syrups from many edible flowers.

Violet Syrup

3 handful of violet heads (remove stems)

Boil 1 1/4 cup of water. Pour over the violet heads and let sit overnight or for up to 18 hours.

Drain the light blue water into a glass pyrex pot.

1 cup white sugar. Add to the violet water.

Bring the sugar water to a boil, stirring with a wooden spoon.

Slowly add a very little lemon juice (I do use reconstituted) but do it very slowly. The more you add, the PINKER it gets. Just a small amount will bring the violet purple hue. Too much will get "bubble gum" pink. (I did add a little too much this time).

Allow it to come to a light, rolling boil and allow to boil (stirring) for at least two minutes, three minutes is better.

Immediately pour into clean glass jars. Enjoy!

The Reason For This Blog

The number one reason is stated above...to declare what God has done for my soul! Sometimes we can sit and chat with other ladies about our wonderful Lord Jesus, but time limits and distractions do not often allow those intimate times. Why life must be so harried, it's hard to say. Many have children, jobs keep us running in opposite directions, life in general is fast-paced these days. Even at church we are scurrying after children, getting lunch, practicing for special music, cleaning up, etc. Sadly, even when we do talk to one another it is often about worldly pursuits, funny stories, our week-happenings (nothing wrong with these subjects); not as often about the things that the Lord has been teaching us. This blog started out to bless the Lord for His greatness and to simply share my heart concerning these things; first to my Christian sisters (and brothers, if they read, and their families) who I go to church with and those who live in other towns, states and other countries. Secondly, to keep in touch with a friend who was moving out of state. It is also something that I wanted to leave with my nieces and grand-nieces, to my husband and to my friends. When you read a blog that shares truth from God's Word and the way God is using it on a day by day basis, it does serve to be in touch with the writer's very heart. I'm happy to think that if I go to be with the Lord, perhaps today, that I had unashamedly declared God's working within and that there will be parts of my heart left here that people can read and relate to, things that reflect upon my wonderful Lord Jesus. On a daily basis I want the things written here to point others to God, to Jesus Christ, our Creator. Because of our great Savior, we can say with the Psalmist, "My foot standeth in an even place; in the congregations will I bless the Lord." Psalm 26:12 and "My tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long." Psalm 35:28

Some Special Prayer Requests

'Free Course' -a newsletter from our local church, has been sent out to approximately 4000 people, covering several communities. We pray for hearts, open to receive the salvation message of God's Word.

Local church pastors, as they uphold the Word of God, spread the gospel to the unsaved and disciple the believers.

Local church members, as we grow together in unity, showing the love of God to one another and that it spill out in our testimony to the unsaved. That all Christians will be obedient to the Scriptures and not cause anyone to stumble.

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