Meditate. Healing.
But Jesus knew what they (the Pharisees) were planning. So he left that area, and many people followed him. He healed all the sick among them, but he warned them not to reveal who he was. Matthew 12:15-16 (Underlined for emphasis.)
Jesus was and is a healer. He healed all the sick among them. There must have been throngs of people following Jesus. This was before He fed the 5,000 men and their families, but when people are fed for free or healed for free—then of course they’ll want to keep on trailing along hoping to be fed and cared for again. Healing people must have been an enormously important event in Jesus’ time since it was a simpler time and the doctors and technologies we have today were not available. Even leprosy is curable now, but in earlier times the person was cast off from society and left to rot to death.
Healing. How often do we go to the doctor now for some ache, pain, or skin problem expecting him or her to heal us? I know several people who even consider themselves hypochondriacs because they head for the doctor so frequently. Do these same people spend as much time in prayer over their health issues? My grandparents on my mother’s side of the family followed the Christian Scientist religion, reading scripture daily and facing any health issues with verse and prayer. It didn’t keep them from dying from cancer or a perforated bowel, but they knew God’s word and loved the Lord.
What healing touch do you, your family or friends need from the Lord right now? You may have to wait for an answer to your prayer, but know that the Lord hears your every prayer.
Prayer ~ Lord God, in Your mercy hear our heartfelt prayers for ourselves, our family and friends who need a healing touch…mentally and physically…from You. You have told us that we have not, because we ask not…so we are pleading with You now that Your hand of mercy would touch our earnest requests. Thank You, Lord, for hearing our prayers.
Verses of Salvation ~ The LORD will comfort Israel again and have pity on her ruins. Her desert will blossom like Eden, her barren wilderness like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found there. Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air. "Listen to me, my people. Hear me, Israel, for my law will be proclaimed, and my justice will become a light to the nations. My mercy and justice are coming soon. My salvation is on the way. My strong arm will bring justice to the nations. All distant lands will look to me and wait in hope for my powerful arm. Look up to the skies above, and gaze down on the earth below. For the skies will disappear like smoke, and the earth will wear out like a piece of clothing. The people of the earth will die like flies, but my salvation lasts forever. My righteous rule will never end! Isaiah 51:3-6
There is hope for Israel!
Friday’s Feasting at the King’s Table
We can’t live on bread alone. I’ve been reading a wonderfully
flavorsome book by Ruth Reichl, “Save Me the Plums” in which she includes
a favorite family recipe for German Apple Pancakes that her mother would eat
once a week when they went out to the Luchow’s Restaurant near their home. One
of my family favorites is crepes for Sunday Brunch—served sweet and savory, so
I tried Reichl’s recipe and adapted it to fit my style crepes.
German Apple Pancakes
½ lemon, freshly juiced
½ stick (4 tablespoons) unsalted butter
¼ cup brown sugar (or more as your sweet tooth desires)
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Sprinkle or small grating of nutmeg
3 eggs
¾ cup flour
Pinch of salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup milk
Powdered sugar for sprinkling
Peel the apples, core them, and slice them thinly. Trickle the
apple slices with about 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. Melt half the butter (2
tablespoons) in a medium skillet, and stir in the brown sugar, cinnamon, and
nutmeg. If you want a really sweet dessert crepe you could add ¼ cup more brown
sugar. (I prefer them not too sweet.) Add the apple slices and cook over
medium-high heat for about 8 minutes, until they’ve become quite darkly
caramelized and smell impossibly delicious. Remove them from the heat. While
the apples are cooking, beat the eggs in a large bowl. Gently whisk in the
flour, salt, and sugar. Add the milk. The batter should be thin. Melt a couple
of teaspoons of butter in an 8-inch skillet or on a flat griddle, and when it’s
hot, pour in a third of a cup of batter, tilting the pan or swirling the batter
around, making a thin crepe. Cook just until set, about 2 minutes. Flip the crepe.
(Alternatively, add the fruit now rather than later. Then add a little more batter, flip,
cook and roll.)
Place a layer of apples into the middle of the crepe and
allow the bottom to brown. Sprinkle with sugar and roll up the crepe with the
fruit inside. Turn out onto a large plate, sprinkle generously with more
powdered sugar, if you like, add a splash of lemon juice. Repeat this until you
have six rolled pancakes or you have used all the batter. Serves 6
Adapted from Reichl, Ruth. Save Me the Plums (p. 253).
Random House Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
Available as an e-book
or paperback at Amazon.com
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