Why I need to diet!

On New Years Day, Matthew and Lynden were with us for breakfast. We decided to try something new. Let me introduce you to.... Crispy...

Deep Fried...

BACON!!!! (with a side of country gravy)

Can you say YUM???
(You really need to zoom in on this picture to get the full effect!)



You can find the recipe here. We knew we had to try it when one of the reviewers called it "scary good". It honestly tastes like country fried steak. The gravy was from one of those .59 packets you mix with water. Making the bacon in the deep fryer was a huge bonus because you didn't have to deal w/ any extra oil or greasy pans. I think this is a new New Year tradition!

Happy New Year 2008!

Tonight I finally got around to doing my daily devotion and I thought that I would share some of what it said. It is taken from the book "Spurgeon's Morning and Evening" by Charles Haddon Spurgeon. He lived from 1834-1892. The wording is old and somewhat hard to understand at times, but he was a great writer and preacher.

This is what struck me today.

"...we will not dishonour our Bridegroom by mourning in his presence. We are ordained to be the minstrels of the skies, let us rehearse our everlasting anthem before we sing it in the halls of New Jerusalem. We will be GLAD AND REJOICE: two words with one sense, double joy, blessedness upon blessedness. Need there be any limit to our rejoicing in the Lord even now?"

What I get from this is "Be happy. As Christians, we have Christ with us all the time. That should give us incredible joy, even in the midst of our worldly sorrows. After we die it is already planned that we will go to Heaven to sing the praises of God continually. Why not get a start in practicing that here on earth?".