Camels Are On The Horizon!

                                     Thank you Chad Perry for sharing

Be Yourself

 “She sat at the back and they said she was shy,

She led from the front and they hated her pride,

They asked her advice and then questioned her guidance,

They branded her loud, then were shocked by her silence,

When she shared no ambition they said it was sad,

So she told them her dreams and they said she was mad,

They told her they'd listen, then covered their ears,

And gave her a hug while they laughed at her fears,

And she listened to all of it thinking she should,

Be the girl they told her to be best as she could,

But one day she asked what was best for herself,

Instead of trying to please everyone else,

So she walked to the forest and stood with the trees,

She heard the wind whisper and dance with the leaves,

She spoke to the willow, the elm and the pine,

And she told them what she'd been told time after time,

She told them she felt she was never enough,

She was either too little or far far too much,

Too loud or too quiet, too fierce or too weak,

Too wise or too foolish, too bold or too meek,

Then she found a small clearing surrounded by firs,

And she stopped...and she heard what the trees said to her,

And she sat there for hours not wanting to leave,

For the forest said nothing, it just let her breathe"

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Resonating

Chicken Croquettes Pa Dutch Recips

 

INGREDIENTS

  2 c. cooked chicken, ground leftover chicken works great

2 Tbs. butter

2 Tbs. flour

1 c. half and half you can substitute with regular milk

3/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. black pepper

1/2 tsp. garlic powder

1 tsp. minced onion flakes

2 eggs

1/2 - 1 c. panko or regular bread crumbs

INSTRUCTIONS 

To make the sauce, melt the butter and stir in the flour. Slowly pour in the half and half, whisking as you are pouring.

Cook, and stir constantly until a smooth paste is formed. Remove from the heat and add the seasonings. Cool.

Mix the chopped chicken with the creamy sauce. Form into 9 - 12 balls and refrigerate for several hours or overnight.

Dip the balls into beaten eggs, then roll into bread crumbs.

Deep fat fry several croquettes at a time, with your oil between 325° and 350°, for several minutes until they are golden brown.

Remove the croquettes with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.

Croquettes are delicious served with chicken gravy and mashed potatoes.

NOTES

If you are in a hurry to make the croquettes, you do not have to chill the sauce or the croquettes. You can mix, dip, and fry them right away. They are just messier to work with when they are warm.

If you prefer, you can pan-fry your croquettes instead of deep-frying them.

Rosemarry

 Thank You Michelle Gantt Davis for sharing this.

A little long but wanted to share my rosemary / migraine story.  I have shared before but was reminded again this week how life changing it has been for me. Most of my life I have had chronic migraines, 4 or 5 a week sometimes lasting for several days at a time.  I couldn’t even tell you how many medications, both prescription and over the counter that I tried.  Some helped, most didn’t , nothing got rid of these headaches. The ones that helped made me so sleepy I felt like I wasn’t able to function like I should.   I even joined trial medication migraine studies at the recommendation of my doctor, kinda scary to think about now. One day while cooking  I nibbled  on some fresh rosemary.  Within 30 minutes my migraine was gone.  At first I thought just a coincidence but decided to try it again with my next migraine and it worked!  I was eventually able to stop all migraine medications and as long as I nibble a little rosemary every few days I seldom got a migraine.  But then my rosemary plant died, busy with work and the holidays I kept forgetting to buy another.   Had a few headaches but nothing major and debilitating until yesterday.   I ended up taking something over the counter for the first time in years, didn’t help at all.   Hubby offered to go buy a rosemary plant while I tried to sleep it off.  Just that little nibble of my new plant and my headache eased up tremendously!  I had let it get too bad to work in one dose but after using the rosemary several times it was gone!!  Thankful God provides us with his natural remedies!! Thankful that hubby went out in the weather to come to my rescue!!   

(I chew 2 or 3 of the little leaves if at the onset of a migraine.  If that doesn’t help, I wait 30 minutes and chew a few more.  1st usually works,  if I wait too long I need 2 doses)

****Just a reminder if you choose to try, rosemary, it can interfere with some medications and shouldn’t be used if you are pregnant or trying to get pregnant so research before you try.

Jesus Pray’s

                 JESUS PRAYS 

“One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God.”

‭‭Luke‬ ‭6:12‬ ‭NIV‬‬

Allow me to be transparent, find this very convicting.

Rarely pray more than 20-30’minutes at a stretch.

Yet the One who was closest to the Father, always led by the Spirit, who knew exactly what to do, prayed.

Can we do less?

Father forgive us for our lack of prayer may 

Your Spirit take our prayers & intercede for us 

& for those we love make us prayer warriors 

in Jesus’ name 

Amen

Picture from:  

Muscotah United Church

Muscotah KS