Nutritious Food

Last Saturday Sep 22nd, The LWML (a women's group from our Lutheran Church) had a zone workshop. There were about 65 women there. I was on the morning coffee committee so we planed a Donut, Carmel roll, muffin and fruit pizza coffee hour. I made the two large fruit pizza's.
First I pressed the crescent rolls from a can unto two large pizza pans. After it had baked about 10 minutes and cooled, I covered it with a creamy mixture of cream cheese, brown sugar and a little vanilla flavoring.

Now it was time to slice different types of fresh fruit and place around in circular fashion as seen above. It was fun but things like this take longer then anticipated.

Here they are! Don't they look scrumptious? This nutritious treat sure did not last long with over 60 women to sample it.

This close up only enforces the beauty of this fruit pizza. Not only were we fed physically but we had great nutritious spiritual food too. Our day was filled with an intense Bible study on Joy, The book of Philippians. Philippians only has 4 chapters but there is plenty of good food to digest here. We had a great leader and time went fast. This was one of those Bible studies you just didn't want to end! Verse 9 - 11 says, And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ -to the glory and praise of God.

Another favorite verse is chapter 4, verse 4-6 and then verse 13

Rejoice in the Lord always, I will say it again: Rejoice! Let our gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

I can do everything through Him who gives me strength.

Even though Paul was in prison, he wanted God to use him for His work and His kingdom. God can and will use us according to His will and give us strength.