Divine Compassion From Earliest Cradle to Grave--Isaiah 46:3-4

Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.

Fashion Forward

It is simply amazing what can be done with tissue paper and newspaper if one has the proper creative streak. This week, the girls got these hats back out which they made during their stay with friends in August. Don't know why I never thought to snap this pic before!

A Fun Change of Pace

Breakfast Balls

2c. old-fashioned oats
Up to ¾ c. chunky natural peanut butter
Up to ½ c. honey

Stir above ingredients together in medium-sized bowl. Then select add-ins from the list below or from your own inspiration:

¼ c. raisins or currants
2 bananas, mashed
2-3 T. finely shredded coconut
¼ c. chocolate mini-chips
1-2 T. unbleached flour to help hold mixture together
1 T. or more sesame seeds
2-3 T. raw wheat germ


Stir each optional ingredient into the first mixture, adjusting the amounts until you like the consistency. Form tightly packed but chewy balls in any size you wish. Makes a great lunch or snack, too!

Mudslingers

This is what's been going on around here for the last several weeks. The junior members of the drywall finishing crew are working in the back corner.

Lewis on Campaigning Candidates

"Their threats are terrible enough, but we could bear
All that; it is their promises that bring despair . . ."

C.S. Lewis, in a segment from his poem "Lines During a General Election"

**Borrowed this quote from Douglas Wilson's Blog and Mablog. Tried to link, but it turned into too much of an ordeal.

An exhortation for those of us who view children as assets--Proverbs 27:23-24

Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever; and doth the crown endure to every generation?

Ten Plagues in Verse

Blood and frogs and lice and flies;
Death to the cattle and boils on the hides;
Hail and locusts, followed by night;
Death to the firstborn showed God's might.