So these past few days (as some of you may know). I have been trying to kick a stomach flu. I haven't puked yet (here's hoping I don't) but have had a really upset tummy and feeling awfully weak.
Today I thought I was on the verge of getting better, but a wee bit into the morning my stomach started its business...again!
Thankfully I don't work today so I am going to spend another day in bed, reading, sleeping, listening to sermons, eating lots of homemade soup and drinking lots of tea and gingerale...great diet huh?
So desperate for some homemade soup I ran to the kitchen to see what I had on hand to throw into a pot. I always admired people who could make something out of nothing.
So I opened the fridge and pulled out a carrot, fresh basil, zucchini
Put a pot of water on the stove
Added a dash of oregano, a few packs of chicken bouilon, some fresh basil and an a few bay leaves
let that boil while I chopped up the carrot and zucchini
added the carrot, zucchini and some pasta swirls
then remembered I had a can of stewed tomatoes, in they went
Let that sit on the stove and simmer
Got out some bread and popped it in the toaster
By the time my bread was done my soup was almost ready (those perfect moments never happen for me haha)
So I chatted with my housemate for a few minutes, got some gingerale
And then...my soup was ready to go!
So tasty for something just thrown together too!
Yay throw together foods :D
Off to read and enjoy my grub!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
I belong broken at your feet
Part of me wonders if I ever will come to accept it. Life in Montreal for me this year has been painfully hard. Its taking me forever to adjust. Its not even the language anymore. I know I can barely speak it, but I can speak enough to get by now.
So what has been hard you ask?
My workplace is not exactly the best place to work. Its extremely stressful by times.
I think its also the stage of life that I am in. When I think about it, I went to a University that was within a mere hour ride of my home, now its three and a wee bit more costly (first time in a while I have been so homesick).
Not to mention, I feel ridic far from God. I go to Him and I feel like He is not there. But I know that is not true, I know that He is there, but is choosing to be quiet right now. As I was reading in a book last night called The Pressures Off and someone was describing a similar experience.
My first reaction would usually be that of "Amanda you need to pray harder, wait longer, read more...get your act together".
But while reading this book I have come to realize that because you do A, it doesn't mean you will get B in return. (ie, because I pray and read my bible, that does not mean God has to speak to me...hard reality to swallow, yet freeing that my relationship with the Lord is not dependent upon my works, I come broken as I am)
This doesn't mean however I stop going to the feet of Jesus even when I don't feel like it.
Ultimately right now; He is ALL I have, even though I don't hear Him.
Every other comfort has been taken away, and He is driving me to the foot of the cross, where I belong.
So Lord, I will sit and wait for you. I thank you for placing me in the desert because you know it will strengthen me. Thank you for stripping my life of many of the comforts I once knew because you desire to see me made in your likeness. Father, I pray you would help me persevere in this season when I stumble or fall, because I can't do it on my own. I love you Lord.
So what has been hard you ask?
My workplace is not exactly the best place to work. Its extremely stressful by times.
I think its also the stage of life that I am in. When I think about it, I went to a University that was within a mere hour ride of my home, now its three and a wee bit more costly (first time in a while I have been so homesick).
Not to mention, I feel ridic far from God. I go to Him and I feel like He is not there. But I know that is not true, I know that He is there, but is choosing to be quiet right now. As I was reading in a book last night called The Pressures Off and someone was describing a similar experience.
My first reaction would usually be that of "Amanda you need to pray harder, wait longer, read more...get your act together".
But while reading this book I have come to realize that because you do A, it doesn't mean you will get B in return. (ie, because I pray and read my bible, that does not mean God has to speak to me...hard reality to swallow, yet freeing that my relationship with the Lord is not dependent upon my works, I come broken as I am)
This doesn't mean however I stop going to the feet of Jesus even when I don't feel like it.
Ultimately right now; He is ALL I have, even though I don't hear Him.
Every other comfort has been taken away, and He is driving me to the foot of the cross, where I belong.
So Lord, I will sit and wait for you. I thank you for placing me in the desert because you know it will strengthen me. Thank you for stripping my life of many of the comforts I once knew because you desire to see me made in your likeness. Father, I pray you would help me persevere in this season when I stumble or fall, because I can't do it on my own. I love you Lord.
Monday, January 4, 2010
true joy
“Here in the cross is where every enemy of joy is overcome: divine wrath, as he becomes a curse for us; real guilt, as he becomes forgiveness for us; lawbreaking, as he becomes righteousness for us; estrangement from God, as he becomes reconciliation for us; slavery to Satan, as he becomes redemption for us; bondage to sin, as he becomes liberation for us; pangs of conscience, as he becomes cleansing for us; death, as he becomes the resurrection for us; hell, as he becomes eternal life for us.”
Charles Spurgeon
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Friendly Reminders
So here's to turning over a new leaf!
Get this: Starting a book and actually finishing it!
I am the worst for starting one, then another, then...jusssst one more!
Most of the time I will get mid way through one book and then pick up another book until I have like 10 books on the go and then I have to decide which one to take with me to work for my break and usually end up bringing zilch because I can't decide.
(and I wrote that long sentence as it's exactly how it would come out of my mouth)
So here's to reading two or three books (as I do enjoy reading up on different things at once) plus the Bible.
The first two books being:
Chosen by God by R.C. Sproul-This book talks about the doctrine of election which I already have gained convictions on, but want to read it moreless to be reminded of God's love for me.
The Pressure's Off by Larry Crabb-Heard this book was a really great read for my one friend. Once again to be reminded of God's love for me, before my hands getting in the way.
Get this: Starting a book and actually finishing it!
I am the worst for starting one, then another, then...jusssst one more!
Most of the time I will get mid way through one book and then pick up another book until I have like 10 books on the go and then I have to decide which one to take with me to work for my break and usually end up bringing zilch because I can't decide.
(and I wrote that long sentence as it's exactly how it would come out of my mouth)
So here's to reading two or three books (as I do enjoy reading up on different things at once) plus the Bible.
The first two books being:
Chosen by God by R.C. Sproul-This book talks about the doctrine of election which I already have gained convictions on, but want to read it moreless to be reminded of God's love for me.
The Pressure's Off by Larry Crabb-Heard this book was a really great read for my one friend. Once again to be reminded of God's love for me, before my hands getting in the way.
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