In case I never mentioned this, Dogs Rule.
Adelheid loves to have a stuffed animal. There isn’t an attitude around people or Noah with it so we let her carry around her favorite.
Last night I went shopping for some stuff I needed for the church Christmas thing tonight and saw that the dog toys were marked down. I picked up one that most resembled her old one. When I got home, I said, “Heidi! Come and get your dolly!” (I may have mentioned before that she reminded us of a little girl with a doll when she was a puppy, so we have always called her MFT (most favored toy) her “dolly”.) She came running and sniffed the thing for a minute and walked away. I called her back and offered it to her again and she took it and walked around the house with it. Since then, she has spent most of her spare time in her kennel with the thing.
The Church thing
We had a great time at our thing tonight. *Ella went with me, and my mother in-law brought 4 other people. That was cool. All of the tables were so pretty and each was unique. I have yet to see a table decorated the same way twice. One was actually mostly black! It was striking. Simple, yet interesting. (It was that hysterical older redhead, **Guinevere.) Our guests seemed pleased with the table so that was a relief. (I always worry about disappointing people when it comes to stuff like that.)
*The Asterisk still means what it always has, but I have to put something here so that I can get on with the double asterisk.
** Not your real name, either, but 10,000 blog points to the person, blogger or nonblogger, who knows where this came from, who said it and who she was saying it to: “I’m Guinevere _______. My friends call me Jenny. You can call me Guinevere.”
I was pleasantly surprised to hear my contribution to dessert being raved over. I made cupcakes using the Cocoa Crazy Cake recipe and the Vegan Buttercream Frosting. They did taste exceptional. I am not sure if it was because they were refrigerated, which I don’t usually do, or if it was the recipe change, or if they were that great.
If it had to do with the recipe change, this time I substituted the 1/2 C of shortening for Soy Garden. I was a little leery of doing that but I didn’t have a lot to lose because I had already started dumping ingredients into my mixing bowl. (Take it from me: THINK FIRST.)
Everyone at our table also really enjoyed the entertainment. Every song the singers sang pointed to Jesus. No one could walk away from there wondering what it was all about, or at least not knowing the Object of our celebration.
Speaking of Jesus
Something I read in my email today caused me to look through the Bible for answers. Flipping through, I read some verses today that were an encouragement to me. Maybe they’ll be an encouragement to someone else.
Hebrews 4:14-16
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. 15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet was without sin. 16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Colossians 2:13-15
13 When you were dead in your sins and in the uncircumcision of your sinful nature, God made you alive with Christ. He forgave us all our sins, 14 having canceled the written code, with its regulations, that was against us and that stood opposed to us; he took it away, nailing it to the cross. 15 And having disarmed the powers and authorities, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
Something I think about quite often lately is that satan doesn’t have to turn me into a baby eating devil worshiper to win; he just needs to get my eyes off Jesus.
Turn your eyes upon Jesus,
Look full in His wonderful face,
And the things of earth will grow strangely dim,
In the light of His glory and grace.
