What really matters...

I have seen this dog's diary/cat's diary many times, and laughed in remembering it even more times.   Tinkerbell, my roommate's dog, definitely is represented in the dog's diary.  She is so excited when someone gets home that despite her small size she bounces to waist height over and over again.  And if you mention the word walk, more bouncing ensues.  She likes to chase her toy all over the apartment - as many times as you throw it she will chase it.  But she is also content to sit beside one of her human friends and just relax, like she is right now as I write this.  But I know that if I were to get up and go back to my bedroom for something, she would get up and follow me.   Earlier today, after my devotions, I was watching Tinkerbell and this diary of a dog and cat came into my mind again.  And I started wondering, which one better represents me in my life?  Am I excited and joyful to be alive?  Do I truly appreciate all the amazing things that I am ab

That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.  For when I am weak, then I am strong.  ~ 2 Corinthians 12:10 But now that you know God - or rather are known by God - how is that you are turning back to those weak and miserable forces?  Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again? ~  Galatians 4:9 My devotional today had both of these verses in it, which got me thinking.  I am a very self-sufficient person. I always have been.  As a young child, I once disappeared from where I was playing (while at my aunt and uncle's house) and my parents found me in sleeping in the bedroom they told me was mine while we were there.  And when I got older, if I got sick in the middle of the night, I would often change my own sheets without waking my parents up.  So you can imagine that weakness and relying on someone else doesn't really come easily to me - even when that someone is the one who created me. I had

So this past weekend I decided that I should start actually making a few of the things I have pinned on Pinterest.  And I have done quite a few - so I thought I'd share some reviews here: Banana Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies We'll start with the most recent first - I made these just today because I had some brown bananas to use - and I just made a variation of  banana bread over the weekend (which I will tell you about below), so I didn't want to make that.  These cookies are quite delish.  I have eaten 3 of them since I made them and really want another one, but am trying to resist the urge. The only modification I made was that I used more banana than it called for because I had to use all the brown bananas, but that turned out well because the banana flavor was definitely there. Roasted Sweet Potato Sunday for dinner I decided to roast some veggies.  I used this low and slow recipe to cook the sweet potatoes and they were quite good.  I usually do something simila