On the left is a picture of one of my international students and a very dear friend, Oscar Hyde. This is not a recent photo; Oscar is now taller than me and is active in his youth group in England. Oscar and his parents, Jeremy and Barb Hyde, live in Steelton in the Somerset area of England. Oscar, please e-mail me soon! I will drop you a line today. The Zockoll family misses you immensely!
I can recall the day when Oscar was a young middle school and I was explaining to him about our Thanksgiving holiday here in the States. Oscar picked up on two receipes I had discussed: pumpkin seeds and Whoopie Pies! He made them both for his family! YOU SAY YOU'VE NEVER MADE A WHOOPIE PIE???? Then I'm here to help. Please click on the address below and prepare to make yourself a treat:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,whoopie_pie,FF.html
...and yes, I do cook a lot. I enjoy being in the kitchen. It's culinary therapy, okay?
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Brilliant words from the late Oswald Chambers:
"Faith is a tremendously active principle that always puts Jesus Christ first. The life of faith says, "Lord, You have said it, it appears to be irrational, but I’m going to step out boldly, trusting in Your Word" (for example, see Matthew 6:33 ). Turning intellectual faith into our personal possession is always a fight, not just sometimes. God brings us into particular circumstances to educate our faith, because the nature of faith is to make the object of our faith very real to us. Until we know Jesus, God is merely a concept, and we can’t have faith in Him. But once we hear Jesus say, "He who has seen Me has seen the Father" ( John 14:9 ) we immediately have something that is real, and our faith is limitless. Faith is the entire person in the right relationship with God through the power of the Spirit of Jesus Christ."
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Matthew 16
13When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say the Son of Man is?"
14They replied, "Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets."
15"But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?"
16Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ,[a] the Son of the living God."
17Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven.
