SoulFull Week Three

 

Happy Friday, Friends!

How was your week?  Mine was busy with appointments, and I'm happy to report that I am doing very well, and I don't have any other appointments for about four weeks.  :D

How did you like this week's lesson?  I love its focus on hope.  I have flagged it because I know I will want to revisit this one.  

What does hope mean to you?  To me, it means that even though we will have trouble in this world, Christ has overcome the world.  Game over!

I enjoyed looking up and reading the scripture: What an encouragement it is to read about hope!  Let's take a look at them:

Farrell mentioned a painting she observed at the Tate Gallery in London entitled "Hope" by George Frederic Watts.  I looked it up to share it with y'all.

"Hope"

George Frederic Watts

1886 (second version)

56" X 44"

oil on canvas

The subject in  Watts' painting is playing the only string left on her lyre.  She not only appears to be determined, but she also seems peaceful.  I think hope requires determination, and it brings us peace.

Maintaining hope while suffering is a challenge, but it is essential to our spiritual growth:

Not only so, but we also glory in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;  perseverance, character; and character, hope.  And hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, who has been given to us.

~Romans 3:3-5

I thought Farrell's idea of making her chicken soup recipe and making a "love drop" was a wonderful idea.  I actually made the soup this week, and the recipe makes a very large amount of soup.  Shelley has been nursing a cold, so I shared it with her.  I probably froze three-fourths of the soup, and the next time I hear of a friend or neighbor who's fighting a cold, I will take it to them with a card, fresh bread, and flowers.  I like having things in my freezer I can pull out and share quickly.

This is what it takes to make the recipe.  It's a lot!

The veggies and spices in the pot

I didn't get a good photo of the soup itself because I lost my light.  It was a hit, and I do think chicken soup is so good for fighting colds.

Prayer Requests

• Pray for our military and military families, and the Wisconsin National Guard deployed in Iraq.
• Pray for our military being sent to the southern border.
• Pray for Kitty's son Mike to get a job that uses his talents.
• Pray for the Americans displaced by the derailment (East Palestine, OH), fires (Maui and California) and Hurricane Helene (East Tennessee and Western North Carolina).  Pray that they will receive the help they need to rebuild.
• Pray that God will extinguish the fires in California.
• Pray for the victims of the Nashville school shooting at Antioch High School.
• Pray for Carla's parents as they face health issue, including her father's blood pressure.  Pray for Carla as she travels this week to help them (they live two hours away).
• Pray for Kitty's grandson Connor, that he will find a path to follow and good relationships.
• Carla requests that we pray for Trump's cabinet, and his picks will be confirmed quickly.

Coffee Time!

I hope y'all have a wonderful weekend and week.  Please let me know if I need to update the prayer requests.

Until next time...

Blessings!
Ricki Jill