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♥ 나는 행복한 사람~ 환경이좋구 일이 잘되서가 아니라.. 나를 사랑하신 예수님 때문에 나는 감사하며 행복합니다! I ♥ Jesus Christ!!
Santorini Tomato Croquettes Recipe
MISSING THIS!!! 0v0
Tomato Croquettes
Ingredients
2 cups Santorini tomatoes or plum tomatoes, chopped
½ cup yellow onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
1 tablespoon oregano, chopped
1 tablespoon mint, chopped
Salt
Black pepper, freshly ground
1 cup all-purpose flour
Olive oil, for frying
Directions
Combine tomatoes, onion, garlic, herbs and spices in a large bowl. Add flour, salt and pepper and mix together to the consistency of a thick batter. In a large heavy skillet, heat enough olive oil for frying. Take one heaped tablespoon at a time and drop the batter into the hot oil; fry until golden brown and crisp. Drain on paper towels.
Recipe from: http://nissa.ger-nis.com/2011/04/22/too-much-honey-in-the-yogurt/
It’s a good, good Friday…
A short talk given by my lecturer earlier this week actually really made me think a lot… About my goals and my passion in life, and why I’m where I am. Why did God put me on this path? What does He intend for me to do while being on it? I feel like I’ve gotten lost somewhere… Drowning in the pool of procrastination, unmotivated work, uninspired mind, lack of passion or love. I feel like I’m on the verge of failing, and yet I’m doing nothing about it. The light in me is dying, and yet I’m doing nothing to relight it.
I’ve put myself on the throne in my life, and I’ve let God take a backseat constantly, even though I know that I can only be victorious if I let Him sit on the throne. A number of recent happenings have also made me think a lot and reflect… how fragile people and also how fragile their relationships are, how trust and respect can be easily destroyed. I’m always sitting around waiting for something good to happen, waiting for a friend to ask how are you, waiting for inspiration for a story or for homework, waiting for miracles to happen while I just sit and wait; all this, even though I know that nothing can happen if I don’t do anything to make it happen. God is a God of miracles, but He can do nothing if I don’t start the ball rolling and put in effort. I also know that when I do, maybe that’s when I will see the miracle… the miracle that’s in my change and my maturing.
Then, a question from my lecturer woke me up: WHERE IS YOUR PASSION?
I had to think for so long… Which made me realize that I had lost it, somewhere somehow sometime ago. How should I find my passion again?
I feel the most accomplished and the happiest when someone is moved or touched by my work, by the message I’m giving through my work… I feel like that’s one of the best feelings in the world. That’s when I feel like I have succeeded in my dream. I want to share with people the important things I value in life, and to do this through telling stories with the gifts that God has blessed me with. Somehow I also feel that to a certain extent, I’m afraid of going full 100% in expressing myself because I feel like I will be judged or ostracized, and afraid because I know that I’m not as good as my peers and is lacking in so much… But I think I’m ready to not be so afraid anymore… I think I’m ready to glorify God with my all through the work I receive.
God is a God of all miracles… and I believe that the first miracle has to start with me. Willing to move out of my circumstance and to think out of the box, to receive blessings that are out of the box.
I cannot make others think the way I think, I cannot force others to change the way they are, I cannot expect certain behaviour or treatment from others towards me, I cannot judge people so quickly, I cannot think of myself as better than others because I am not… I should only love and forgive, and to be humble. It’s really very difficult, when all that you see is against that… but I’m going to try, and I know I will fail, but I won’t give up.
I’m so imperfect, and ever so often I feel ashamed to come to the throne to ask Jesus to help me and listen to me… even after hurting Him… but He still loves and forgives me, listens and understands, and you know what… I think that’s all I need.
Jesus You are, You are… everything I’m not, and everything that I want to be. Jesus You are, You are… the maker of my heart… Finish what You started in me.
“As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. - Isaiah 55:9
Psalm 138
Of David.1 I will praise you, LORD, with all my heart;
before the “gods” I will sing your praise.
2 I will bow down toward your holy temple
and will praise your name
for your unfailing love and your faithfulness,
for you have so exalted your solemn decree
that it surpasses your fame.
3 When I called, you answered me;
you greatly emboldened me.4 May all the kings of the earth praise you, LORD,
when they hear what you have decreed.
5 May they sing of the ways of the LORD,
for the glory of the LORD is great.6 Though the LORD is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly;
though lofty, he sees them from afar.
7 Though I walk in the midst of trouble,
you preserve my life.
You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes;
with your right hand you save me.
8 The LORD will vindicate me;
your love, LORD, endures forever—
do not abandon the works of your hands.
내가 이 만큼 알고있어도 여전히 계속 그렇게 하고… 멈출수가없어.. 이러는 내가.. 위선자야?
Oh Lord, if it be Your will, let me be Your song.
I’ve been listening to Corrinne May since I was 12 and honestly, she has got to be my favourite singer songwriter around. I love how her lyrics are so heartfelt and simple and how her melodies are just so captivating. Her music play quite a big part in my life especially so after I received the Lord in 2005.
When I look at her, she somehow reminds me of David the Psalmist. David is a songwriter and someone whom God calls ‘after His own heart’. I love David because He is so real - real with himself (his emotions, who he is) and real with God. He acknowledges that he is human and his emotions. Instead of despising the fact that he is emotional, he turns and directs them towards God and allowed God to use him in the area of song writing. David’s songs aren’t always songs that were churned out from his mountain top experiences. His songs are about things that we experience in life, even the issues that he faced in his life! And that is why he is described as a broken man (Psalms 51:17). And that to me is powerful.
Just wanted to share this beautiful song by Corrinne May. It speaks so much to me and when I first read the lyrics without listening to the song, I was like ‘Yes! This is me you are writing about!’.
May you be blessed,
Ariane
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YOUR SONG
Music and Lyrics by Corrinne May, ‘Crooked Lines’ 2012
Silent, wordless
Everything was still
You breathed us, yearned for us
Our hearts began to thrill
A brand new creation
A symphony
Written from above
Written out of Love
Let me be Your instrument
Let me be Your voice
Let me be the reservoir
Where thirsty hearts rejoice
Let me be the hand
That wipes the tears away
Oh Lord,
If it be Your will
Let me be Your Song
A violin, a piano
Each one has a role
Major or minor
Or just a single note
So take the time to stay in tune
Cause we’ll never know
When we’re called to play
It could be today
Let me be Your instrument
Let me be Your voice
Let me be the reservoir
Where thirsty hearts rejoice
Let me be the hand
That wipes the tears away
Oh Lord,
If it be Your will
Let me be Your Song
A song of hope for the hopeless
A song of comfort for the pain
A song that warms the frozen hear that
It might beat again
For what am I but a single breath
That only You sustain
The less I get in the way,
The more the Master can let the music play
Let me be Your instrument
Let me be Your voice
Let me be the reservoir
Where thirsty hearts rejoice
Let me be the hand
That wipes the tears away
Oh Lord,
If it be Your will
Let me be Your Song
Oh Lord,
If it be Your will
Let me be Your Song
