Good Morning,
I started this day with prayer and a hot cup of Door County Bourbon Pecan Pie Coffee. It is time for me to write.
Deuteronomy 8:3 NKJV So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; But man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.
My wife Rene and I are folks who really never stray from the path of what we call normal or routine. If I am not hunting at this time of the year on any given day, I am doing some of the fall chores. I also have some weekly chores that need to be done. One of the things I do year round is to take one day of the week and prepare some food for the week. Yesterday was spaghetti sauce day. I will use it to make lasagna and gnocchi later this week.
Our old food dehydrator gave us one last batch dried apples last week. Normally the house has the aroma of dried apples at this time of the year. I usually will dry about two to three loads of apples in a week. I find that adding a little cinnamon to the apple slices makes the house smell like fresh apple pie.
We purchased a new dehydrator and yesterday was the trial run of the new, bigger, and better machine. I was not disappointed. Sometimes it is those simple things like drying apples that can put a smile on your face and a warm feeling in your heart.
The same emotion or feelings are triggered when I open my Bible and a book I am studying. Each morning when I wake up and pour that first cup of coffee and pray, I welcome myself to my spot in the world and enjoy being there. I look for normal to embrace my day and I thank God for days without too much commotion. The time spent in my Bible points my internal compass to normal every day and a great spiritual meal.
I hear the dehydrator calling me to fill it up and fill the air with apples and spices.
God bless,
Marty
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