Tears in My Gumbo

When I'm not writing, I love to cook. However, this wasn't my day.(I should have kept on writing.) NEVERTHELESS, this is an AMAZING truly authentic New Orleans gumbo recipe. A few weeks ago, Mical and I had a gumbo-making day. Because we live in New Orleans, we can...

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"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness," Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

2 Corinthians 12:9

 

Each morning we can choose to trust in God and be thankful. Let's make that choice together.