In my world I can do anything and everything..... Ok, NOT!!! But I wish I could.
My husband recently purchased me a grain mill and I have been grinding my own flour. WOOOHOOO!!! I'm one of those all sufficient women, NOT!!! only in my dreams. However, it is a wonderful feeling knowing I milled that flour all by myself (with the help of an electric grain mill, of course). I have been working on perfecting my biscuits. When I use good old reliable White Lily flour I know how they are going to turn out, but now I am using my very own FRESH milled flour and there is a HUGE difference between the two. This morning the biscuits were MUCH better according to my husband. He said the ones before this batch weren't bad it's just that he is used to a very flakey biscuit. Deep sigh.......
As I am typing this I have 8 dozen peanut butter cookies fresh out of the oven and 2 loaves of bread in the oven. WHAT in the world am I going to do with all these "fresh baked" goodies?
I love cooking and baking, but through all of this I realize more and more how much I lack at becoming more like the Proverbs 31 woman. Oh, don't get me wrong, I'm not giving up I am just being more realistic about things. Maybe you don't have difficulty making everything from scratch, sewing new curtains, keeping the house in tip top shape, P-L-U-S taking care of the kids and your husband, well I hate to say it, but I DO!!! No matter how much I would like to be like many women I hear about or read about on their all to wonderful blogs, I remain me!!! My job isn't to be someone else or "pretend" I am the Proverbs 31 woman, my job is to be the best wife and mother I CAN BE!
Psalm 51:10, "Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me." That is my prayer today; just renew me LORD, so that I might be used of thee. As long as I have the right spirit, the LORD will and can use me. But He will use the Leanne HE has created, NOT the Leanne I am trying to create.
By the way, the bread in the oven smells way to delicious!! :)
