Wednesday July 29 2015    TO HEAR WHAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD

No title yet on  my title bar above so I guess I really don’t know exactly what I am going to write about.  Let me think about that for a moment.

TO HEAR WHAT NEEDS TO BE HEARD

By Kathleen Martens

July 29^th 2015

Let’s see, I’m supposed to be recovering, but I don’t feel sick.

I’m not supposed to lift, but I see things that need lifting.

I’m not supposed to exercise, but I’d like to shake a stick. (hey, it rhymes with sick)

My mind wants to work, rather than just drifting.

Instructions to rest, when I see so much to do

And I desire to cook, when I should be in bed.

With so many tasks, I could sneak in a few

I can always rest, after I’m dead.

Or I could watch that thing called T.V.

Or write a blog if I had something to write.

Or just be with my Lord and me

And bathe in His wonderful light!

That’s what I’ll do when I finish this rhyme,

Is get out my Bible and read God’s word.

I haven’t really had very much time

 To hear what needs to be heard.

Ah Ha!  I have my title for my title bar.

So now I know what to do.

Just so you know, it really is very difficult for me to sit, lie down, be idle, (be quiet?), when there is so much I’d love to be doing.

My day was simple like yesterday.  Except for one thing.  Dave had to leave for his Wednesday evening meeting and so I got up out of bed and drove out to see the world.  Now it is legal for me to drive.  I was told I could not drive for 48 hours and it was actually 52 hours before I left the house.  I needed yogurt so that was a good excuse to go to the store.  Now remember the store I go to has 2 stop signs between here and the store and it is about 6 miles away.  My soul just fed on the beauty of the green around me.  I drive up over a steep hill and as I am coming down the other, side the panorama is absolutely stunning.  We had a fast falling and hard rain early this morning (5:30 a.m.).  The wind has been brisk all day and the air was sparkling clear.  One of those exquisite afternoons without any haze or obstruction in the air quality.  It was perfect outside.  I had my windows down and just enjoyed the exhilaration of being alive.  Three days is a long time for me to be confined.  I felt as if I had just broken out of jail.  Now of course Dave doesn’t know this quite yet.  I guess he’ll find out when he sees the yogurt.  After I went to the store my car just drove over to MacDonald’s because it knew I NEEDED a soft serve ice cream cone.  I enjoyed every bite.  And now I am paying for it.  Too much sugar without protein!  It makes my heart get out of whack.  I only do it every once in a while.  It is my short coming.  So now I guess I have a reason to go to bed.

A little confession helps!

Tomorrow is another day.  I’ll be one day closer to being able to do my full routine.  That will feel awesome.  I have company coming Sunday for three days.  I so look forward to our time together.  Betts is my daughter’s birth grandmother and very dear to my heart.

There is a lot I could talk about but I’d probably just be rambling (from bordom) so I won’t bore you today.  I’ll do that on another day.  I will tell you about a new recipe my neighbor told me.  It is easy, inexpensive, quick, and healthy.

It seems like cabbage must grow very well because we certainly do get a lot of it in our Farm Box.  I have given the neighbors a few cabbages over the past few weeks.  Karen came over and told me a new recipe she found called “CABBAGE STEAK”.  Here it is:

Slice the cabbage about one to two inches thick.  I do it closer to the one inch mark.  Use a brush to spread a good olive oil on both sides of each slice.  Rub with garlic, I use the jarred garlic and let some of it stay on the leaves and in the cracks of the cabbage.  Salt and pepper  (do everything on both sides) and cook it in a preheated 350 degree oven, 10 minutes on each side.  I also put other herbs on mine (use your taste desires) and fresh Parmesan cheese.  Bake till tender.  DELICIOUS WHEN SERVED HOT!

Cabbage season is coming up.  Try it.  You might like it!

Goodnight and God bless all of you.

Calendar wisdom for July 29^th  “True compassion is love in action.”