Spiritually Healthy

I like to bake. Actually, I more than like it, I take joy in baking foods for not just my family, but also for dear friends. So, it's fitting that I write a post using baking terms.  When I want to bake something, let's say blueberry muffins (a favorite of mine), they need to bake at 450 degrees. While I am putting all the other ingredients together, it make sense to preheat the oven to the assigned temperature and have it ready for me when I have the batter in the pans.  Call it poor time management or neglect of reading through the directions clearly, but there are times when I "forget" to preheat the oven. What happens then? Well, because I don't discipline myself enough to actually be still  and read trough the instructions, the end results may vary. Instead of waiting for the oven to preheat, I will put the muffins in a stone-cold oven and let them (with the oven) come up to the proper temperature. Again, instead of just waiting for the oven to preheat, I bec...

Romans 11:33 says, O depth of riches, and wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable His judgements, and untraceable His ways! God's ways are untraceable. No one can go beyond God and have Him all figured out. I don't know about you but there is great comfort and fear in knowing that. Comfort in that I cannot know the mind of God and fear in that I cannot know  the will of God. I know I've said it before, but I do not like not knowing. I like to have a plan, or rather a basic idea of what is going on. I like going into situations somewhat informed and prepared.  Well, if you are human and you are living on earth, then you are aware of the fact that not all things happen the way that you plan or prepare for them. 2022 has been a year of growing pains for me. I started off the year pretty much in the dumps. I was spent emotionally, spiritually, and struggling financially. I was in a rut with my job and was burnt from trying to dig my way out.  My longing for something ne...