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| Little child whose bed is straw,
take new lodgings in my heart.
Bring the dream Isaiah saw:
justice purifying law.
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| Today's dish I will name Tasty Vegetable Pilaf. It had corn, diced tomatoes, onions, celery, carrots, garlic, and kidney beans all tossed in with delicious rice. It was savory and wonderful. I think that it would make a great side, but today made a wonderful entree. | | |
| For interterm I decided that I should take on two tasks. First, I'm going to try and eat only vegetarian and second that I am going to make a new (to me) dish every day. I made the resolutions to keep myself occupied and entertained and to help with my diet. I realized that I eat pretty much the same thing again and again and just switching to vegetarian foods will force me to think differently and cook differently. This with the second resolution will enforce that decision to try something new. Anyway, I'll keep you posted on how it's going.
Tonight I made pasta with broccoli, water chestnuts, mushrooms, and asiago cheese.
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| Justify my soul, O God, but also from Your fountains fill my will with fire. Shine in my mind, although perhaps this means “be darkness to my experience,” but occupy my heart with Your tremendous Life. Let my eyes see nothing in the world but Your glory, and let my hands touch noting that is not for Your service. Let my tongue taste no bread that does not strengthen me to praise Your great mercy. I will hear your voice and I will hear all harmonies you have created, singing Your hymns. Sheep’s wool and cotton from the field shall warm me enough that I may live in Your service; I will give the rest to Your poor. Let me use all things for one sole reason: to find my joy in giving You glory.
Therefore keep me, above all things, from sin. Keep me from the death of deadly sin which puts hell in my soul. Keep me from the murder of lust that blinds and poisons my heart. Keep me from the sins that eat a man’s flesh with irresistible fire until he is devoured. Keep me from loving money in which is hatred, from avarice and ambition that suffocate my life. Keep me from the dead works of vanity and the thankless labor in which artists destroy themselves for pride and money and reputation, and saints are smothered under the avalanche of their own importunate zeal. Stanch in me the rank wound of covetousness and the hungers that exhaust my nature with their bleeding. Stamp out the serpent envy that stings love with poison and kills all joy.
Untie my hands and deliver my heart from sloth. Set me free from the laziness that goes about disguised as activity when activity is not required of me, and from the cowardice that does what is not demanded, in order to escape sacrifice.
But give me the strength that waits upon You in silence and peace. Give me humility in which alone is rest, and deliver me from pride which is the heaviest of burdens. And possess my whole heart and soul with the simplicity of love. Occupy my whole life with the one thought and the one desire of love, that I may love not for the sake of merit, not for the sake of perfection, not for the sake of virtue, not for the sake of sanctity, but for You alone.
For there is only one thing that can satisfy love and reward it, and that is You alone.
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| So I was playing my computer (Karen) in Chess this weekend and let me just say that Karen is freaking good. I keep trying to trick her or get on the offensive and inevitably I end up losing. It's not looking good folks. I mean the game is set on easy and the computer is kicking my butt. As it stands the score is Karen 6, David 0.
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