We've had company the past week (and will for another month and a half or so), so I have been way too busy to write (and probably will be for the rest of the summer!). Anyway this blog should be a fun thing, not a burden, so I'll write when I have time if I want to. I just now finished catching up on reading Lani's blog.
My friend Ms. J has been showing me how to braid my hair, and she has been doing all sorts of beautiful things on my hair, and braiding ribbons into it! I am finding that it is a lot of fun to play with my hair, and as I have hair past waist length, there is a lot that can be done with it.
The other day, Ms. J and I recorded a violin duet of "All Creatures of Our God and King" to send in for special music for my church next Sabbath. That is such a pretty tune! The arrangement we played was in Bb major, which sounds really solid and grounded on my violin.
The current homeschooler thing we are doing is watching ladybugs and caterpillars grow up (doesn't everyone have plastic containers with bugs in them sitting on their kitchen counter? ;D) Here's a pic of each:
These (above) are the baby ladybugs. If they were about a million times larger, they would be terrifying!
And these are the caterpillars. I think they are painted lady butterflies or something.
Last night after supper Mom and I went experimenting in the kitchen! In a cookbook I gave her for Christmas, there is a recipe for fruit salad with a lime-maple cream drizzled over the fruit. The recipe used cashews for the creaminess. Well, we thought we could use millet as a substitute for the nuts. So we blended up some cooked millet we had in the fridge, and added flavoring according to the recipe. 4 tablespoons of lime juice was a little strong! Plus, the mixture was hot because the millet blends easier that way, plus both Mom and I had just brushed our teeth! All that combined made it absolutely gross! We kept adding a little more honey, and then tasted again, then added a little more honey, and so on. We did successfully get a perfectly smooth texture, though. Finally we just stuck it in the fridge and decided to finish it today before lunch. Mom said it solidified in the fridge, so we'll probably be adding a bit more water as well as more honey. But, it definitely has potential, and we think we can get it tasting good by the time we eat it for dessert after lunch today!
Surely God laughs along with His children as they live life with Him and make funny mistakes! And when we make the not-so-funny mistakes, He is right there beside us, ready and waiting to help us return to walking in His way. Micah 7:19 says, "You will again have compassion on us; you will tread our sins underfoot and hurl all our iniquities into the depths of the sea." (NIV) I love those words: "You will again have compassion on us;" as He forgives us again and again when we truly repent, and this one here too: "and hurl all our iniquities" as He throws them away never to be seen again! Another version puts the verse this way: "he shall turn again, and have mercy on us. He shall put down our wickednesses, and shall cast far into deepness of the sea all our sins. (he shall return, and have mercy upon us. He shall put down our wickednesses, and shall throw down all our sins into the depths of the sea.)" (WYC) Isn't that just beautiful? Meditate on His beauty and have a glorious day with Him!
Bye,
Christina Austine
