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In church this morning we sang a song new to me.  Come, everyone who is thirsty.  I thought the lyrics were pretty good and though it was hard to sing (new to me and organist picked a tune different than in the book) I thought it would be good share with you all.

Written by Lucy Rider Meyer was an American who followed a varied educational progress.  She went to medical school with the intent of becoming a medical missionary, then her fiancee died so she stopped attending.  She was the principal of a school before getting a degree in Chemistry.. which she then taught.  Overtime she became convinced the religious leaders needed better training.   Together with her husband she opened up the  Chicago Training School for City, Home, and Foreign Missions .    She didn’t hold that God caused the bible to be written but merely that it was written by inspired men. She was a strong protagonist for female deaconesses. It was an old office apparently revived in Germany.  It was based upon biblical precedent, that deaconesses cared for the poor and the sick, helped conduct interviews of women, trained women preparing for baptism, and then assisted at their baptisms. She thought it was an important role that should be revived. She worked toward that end.  She wrote songs, books and maintained a periodical called The Deaconess Advocate.

The two versions I’m sharing today are quite different from each other, they have their own pros eh? 🙂

1 Come everyone who is thirsty in spirit;
Come, everyone who is weary and sad.
Come to the fountain, there’s fullness in Jesus –
All that you’re longing for; Come and be glad!

Refrain:
“I will pour water on him that is thirsty;
I will pour floods upon the dry ground.
Open your heart for the gifts I am bringing;
While ye are seeking Me I will be found.”

2 Child of the world, are you tired of your bondage?
Weary of earth-joys, so false, so untrue?
Thirsting for God and His fullness of blessing?
List to the promise, a message for you. [Refrain]

3 Child of the Kingdom, be filled with the Spirit!
Nothing but fullness thy longing can meet.
’Tis the enduement for life and for service.
Thine is the promise, so certain, so sweet! [Refrain]

A tomato base with a bag of soup mix beans made for the start of an excellent Homemade Vegetable soup.  Very simple to make. 

Into a crock pot put the following:

1/2 big can tomatoes liquefied
Bean soup mix (this one was just beans, barley, lentils, split peas)
Seasoning (salt, pepper, garlic, parsley)
Wonton (or other bouillon base) 1 tsp per cup
12 cups water
veggies: Carrot, celery, leftover green beans, corn, small handful stir fry veggie mix

You may wish to add other veggies: corn, peas, broccoli, whatever you like

Optional: toss in some cooked meat.  I put diced pork chops into this one.

This makes for a thicker, almost stew quality soup.  Could easily be thinned by adding more broth to it, but we liked it as is.

Son’s reaction: yum, ate probably 70% of it.  His comment “you snooze, you lose”.  He ate it with toast and/or buns. 

Me: I’ll do this again.

Hubby: hmm… somethings missing… did you add anything with a bit of spice to it?  (no) ate two bowls none-the-less

It’s that time of year again!  The Rhubarb is ready!   Yum, yum, rhubarb cake, muffins, sauce, juice…. The pleasures of the season eh?   We have a favourite rhubarb cake that I normally use, but this week I thought I would try a different one. My boys had mixed reactions to this new recipe.

Ingredients

1/2 cup butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup yogurt
2 cups rhubarb, chopped
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1/4 cup butter
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 cup packed brown sugar

Directions

In a large bowl, cream together butter or margarine and sugar. Beat in egg and vanilla.
In another bowl, sift together 2 cups flour, soda, and salt. Add sifted ingredients alternately with yogurt to creamed mixture.
Toss rhubarb with 1 tablespoon flour, and stir into batter. Spoon batter into buttered 9 x 13 inch pan, and smooth the surface.
Blend together cinnamon, and brown sugar; sprinkle evenly over batter.  Cut the 1/4 cup butter into small pieces and sprinkle over the cinnamon sugar mix.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 minutes.

My thoughts: It’s good, but the other recipe is better
Hubby’s thoughts: Meh.   Why did you need to change?
Son: Can I have more?   You don’t mind if I have more?  The other is better, but I like this one too!