Freshwater

Located in the wilds of Wyoming, the name Freshwater was chosen as a Western analogy to Christ. Just as He is the Living Water, and we must have Him to have eternal life, any desert dweller knows the importance of fresh water to life, both for self, and the nourishment of crops or livestock. By taking nourishment in God and His word, we strengthen our own relationship with Him, our faith, and the quality and abundance of our fruitfulness.

Our keystone verse is from Jeremiah, Chapter 17, Verse 8: "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see whenSave heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

The fruit that we speak of is mentioned in Galatians 5:22
"22But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

And the heat could be anything we experience that might test our faith in God; trials and tribulations, relationships, anything that focuses our love and attention anywhere but on Him...

Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Lemon Cookies

These Lemon Sugar Cookies from Lemons and Zest have quickly become Paul's new favorite, and he requests them on a regular basis. As I write this post, I've just finished baking a double batch and tucking them into the freezer (minus product sampling of course).


Cast of Characters: softened butter, flour, sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, an egg (yes, I'm a rebel), baking soda, baking powder, and salt.


My zester disappeared, but we found this one at the grocery store, and it works better than the one I had!



Put together your dry ingredients, then set aside cream your butter and sugars in a separate bowl.



Add the lemon zest, vanilla, and eggs. 


I did use a whole egg instead of just the yolk, and I did use the full amount of flour, plus 2 TB for high altitude (Wyoming). Definitely chill the dough, it makes it MUCH easier to work with.



Roll the dough into balls, and roll the balls in the sugar before you lay them on the cookie sheet.



Beautiful!

 

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