Who is a Gentleman?

"If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day. For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me." John 12:47-50

Jesus is a gentleman. He doesn’t force His ideas or love on anyone. If people don’t want to listen to Him—no biggy. If they do listen, but chose not to keep His commandment or life guidance, then He doesn’t condemn them, or judge them. But it shouldn’t be any surprise to them later that the words themselves will judge them. Everyone will decide their own fate. Each person chooses where they spend eternity—heaven or hell. People just assume that they will go to heaven just because they are kind or have done some good deed, but it is not so. If they don’t choose to believe in Jesus, the default choice is hell. Hmmm—who would choose to go to hell?

Jesus is a gentleman. He is obedient to His Father and speaks just what His Father has told Him to say. He’s honest, true and compassionate. He doesn’t coherence others into following His ideals—those of His Father. Eternal life. What a privilege to live with the Father—forever.

Jesus is a gentleman. He is speaking, Are you wisely listening?

Dear Jesus—Please give us wisdom to be more like You every day. To be kind, honest, true and compassionate. Show us how to share the Way to Eternal Life.

Friday’s Feast at the King’s Table

Quick and easy. I’m not one who usually does canned biscuits or mixes. The less processed foods the better. I like cooking from scratch and I used to make the dough for traditional Czech plum dumplings using mashed potatoes. Recently I cut corners and fixed fresh plum and peach dumplings for my South Carolina family using canned biscuits. So here’s a quicky dessert.

Fruit Dumplings

16 fresh prune plums, wash and pat dry (leave whole)

[May substitute other fresh fruit like peaches, apples or pears, cut in 1½ inch chunks]

1 can Pillsbury large biscuits (or your own biscuit dough)

Note: if you want a thick doughy dumpling use one biscuit per plum or chunk of fruit

PAM or spray coconut oil

Cinnamon (1 Tbsp) & sugar (1/4 cup), mixed

Cottage cheese, 1 small carton

Sour cream, 1 small carton

Heat water in a steamer pot to boil.

Roll the biscuits to ¼ inch thickness. Cut in half diagonally.  Wrap fruit in dough. Pinch edges to seal shut. Spray steamer pan with spray oil. Place fruit in steamer pan leaving about a ½ inch around each dumpling. Depending on the size of your pan you may have to cook more than one batch. Steam for about 15 minutes. Remove from steamer sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar mixture. Serve immediately, or as soon as possible while still hot. Remove the plum pits when you eat the dumplings. Enjoy with cottage cheese and/or sour cream.

© 2016 by Mickey M. Hunacek. All rights reserved.

All scripture quoted from the New Living Translation (NLT) unless otherwise noted.

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