Does your world sometimes seem like it has
turned upside down? It did for David. Choices that he made resulted in sin that
separated him from God. That’s what sin does—it separates us from our God
because He is pure…and only purity can be in His presence. David was
repentant—he was truly sorry for his mistakes and pleaded with the Lord God for
His mercy, grace and forgiveness. God forgives when we come to Him with
repentant hearts—just like He forgave David. David became known as a man after
God’s own heart because of his repentant attitude. How is your attitude today?
Are you repentant or rebellious?
Prayer
~ Holy Spirit, don’t leave me alone in my upside down world. Help me adjust my
attitude to be accepting of others and not expect them to deal with life the
way that I think we should. Help us all to accept our daily stresses and
dilemmas with grace. Above all, Lord, please provide a healing touch to baby Julia.
Friday’s Feast at the
King’s Table
When
your world is upside down—have some upside down cake. This was my mother’s
favorite dessert and she would frequently have us kids fix it for dinner on the
weekends. Just the smell of it brings back fond memories.
Pineapple Upside-down Cake
¼ cup
butter or margarine
2/3 cup
packed brown sugar
9 slices
pineapple in juice (from 14-oz can), drained
9
maraschino cherries without stems, if desired
1
1/3 cups flour
1
cup sugar
1/3 cup
shortening
1½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon
salt
¾ cup milk
1 egg
Heat
oven to 350°F. In 9-inch square pan, melt butter in oven, or microwave if it is
a glass pan. Sprinkle brown sugar evenly over melted butter. Arrange pineapple
slices over brown sugar. Place cherry in center of each pineapple slice.
In
medium bowl, beat remaining ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30
seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl
occasionally. Pour batter over pineapple and cherries.
Bake
50 to 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
Immediately place heatproof serving
plate upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over. Leave pan over cake a few
minutes so brown sugar mixture can drizzle over cake; remove pan. Serve warm,
with sweetened whipped cream or vanilla ice cream. Store cake loosely covered,
if there are any leftovers.
You will seek Me and find Me when you
search for Me with all your heart. Jeremiah 29:13
©
2015 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.
All
scripture quoted from the New American Standard Bible (NASB) unless otherwise
noted.
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