Heart found on path at Megiddo in the Valley of Jezreel. Solomon stabled thousands of horses and chariots here. 1Kings 4:12 and 4:26Megiddo at the Valley of Jezreel, Israel
“So the Lord must wait for you to come to Him
So He can show you His love and compassion.
For the LORD is a faithful God…
Your own ears will hear Him.
Right behind you a voice will say,
“This is the way you should go,
Whether to the right or to the left…”
Then the LORD will bless you with rain at planting time.
There will be wonderful harvests and
Plenty of pastureland for your livestock.”
Isaiah 31:18-23 (NLT)
Megiddo, the cross roads of the world, Valley of Jezreel. Over 20 different civilizations have occupied this site.
Photos capturing what my
“heart”heard Jesus’ voice
sayto me,
“This is the way you should go…”
Heart stepping stone on the shore of Sea of Galilee. John 21:1-25
With trembling knees,
my journey began,
and every place I turned,
“Whether to the right or to the left,”
Heart shaped stone captured at Caesarea. Cornelius, the centurion who sent for Peter while Peter was lodging in Joppa. Acts 10:1 and Paul would have stood before “Felix at Caesarea” Acts 24:1-27
I saw“hearts”
…His heart of
Faithfulness,
Compassion,
And Love.
Caesarea on the Mediterranean – Paul would have been imprisoned here while waiting to journey to Rome. Acts 24 and Acts 25
From the highest of mountain,
Mount Hermon in the northern limits of Galilee. Also known as the most likely “high” mountain of the Mount of Transfiguration. Matthew 17:1-13 “His face shone like the sun, and His clothes became white as light.”
To the lowest of Sea,
The Dead Sea, near Ein Gedi, Israel
Jesus is Faithful to
you and to me!
Photos captured by denisebalog in Israel in February 2011 and March 2014.
I would like to thank my friend and fellow blogger Marceyhttp://marceystable.wordpress.com/ who continually amazes me with her daily postof beautiful photos of meals and recipes!
I am inspired and giving my hand to share a bit of a story and my recipe for Apple Cake. I call it “L’Chaim’ Apple Cake”because…one day last fall,
I volunteered to bake two Apple Cakes.
Two Apple Cakes
Before starting, I turned to my son, and suggested I invite God intobaking the cakes for perfection, unlike when I started painting the bathroom last summer.
I remembered on the first stroke of the brushed, I tipped the gallon paint can, spilling a quarter of the paint onto the tile floor.
Recipe for Life lesson…invite first, then proceed with project!
Painting the bathroom…Yep, me painting over the tub after the initial messy start!
Back to the two cakes…when I turned the baked cake over to remove from the pan, the Hebrew symbol for the word“Life” “L’Chaim” appeared on the bottom of the cake. I was absolutely blown away!
Can you see the L Chaim letters? I bought the Hebrew letters silver charm at a Sea of Galilee gift shop.
Walking in His footsteps is more like a happy dance to me!
Today celebrating the beginning of cooler weather, andRosh Hashanah–Happy New Year toLife!
L’Chaim’ Apple Cake
3 medium apples pared and sliced
3 cups of flour (I prefer to sift all my flour when baking)
1 ½ cups sugar
4 eggs
¾ cup oil (not olive oil)
3 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
¼ cup of orange juice or one orange
In separate small bowl to be used in between the layers
¼ cup sugar and 2 teaspoons of cinnamon mixed.
Ingredients L’Chaim’ Apple Cake
Pare and slice apples thin. (Optional – I soak mine in water with a bit of fresh fruit preserver or a squeeze of the orange or a lemon to keep from turning brown) while I prepare other ingredients.
Preheat oven 350 degrees.
Tube pan – grease with butter and dust with flour to prevent sticking.
Beat eggs, gradually add sugar (not the mixed sugar and cinnamon), add vanilla, and begin to add flour, add baking powder, alternate with flour, oil, orange juice.
Beat until smooth. Batter will be thick.
Pour half the batter in the pan and arrange half of the apples on top.
Pour 1/2 batter on bottom of pan – arrange 1/2 of apples – sprinkle 1/2 of sugar/cinnamon mixture on top.
Sprinkle with half of the mixed sugar and cinnamon mixture.
Pour rest of batter on top and remaining apple.
Pour remaining cake batter on top of first level. Places apples, sprinkle remaining sugar/cinnamon mixture on top.
Sprinkle the remaining sugar and cinnamon mixture on top.
Bake 60 minutes at 350 degrees.
Cake rises while baking and pulls away from edges of tube pan. Let cool 15 minutes before turning over on to cooling rack.
Cake should pull away from tube pan.
Waiting 15 minutes before removing from pan.
Use a thin knife to go around the edges of cake and pan to shake loose from the sides before turning out of tube pan.
Let cool…
Let cool, pour big glass of milk or favorite beverage and
enjoy Life!L’Chaim’
“Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good!” Psalm 34:8 (ESV)
LChaim Apple Cake – to Life!
“Keep me as the apple of Your eye…” Psalm 17:8 (ESV)
“The LORD is my strength, my shield from every danger.
I trust in Him with all my heart.” Psalm 28:7
“And Peter said to him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water. He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus…”Matthew 14:28 (ESV)
Trusting Him with all my heart as I look ahead to stepping out of the boat…
I was horrified as the visual played out in my mind.
As an American, would my faith stand strong under this same kind of persecution?
Nightmares taunted me through the night.
Vivid pictures from Yad Vashem, Israel’s Memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, www.yadvashem.org/ etched in my mind’s eye recalling the horror. Children wearing yellow patches marked with the Star of David pinned to breast of their shirts. Families separated in lines; men to one side, woman and children to another.
I would like to say, I walked away from this miserable night stronger.
No, I crawled out of bed in deep sorrow, and
Curled up in the arms of Jesus.
I wrote this poem during my quiet time with Jesus, the Prince of Peace.
“Lord, would I wear the sign of Naziyer (naw’zeer)
Upon my cloths and home so dear?
Would the letter of my heart
Bring fear and tear apart?
Blessed to be free indeed,
from
Social customs and tyranny.
Am I willing to stand,
Come soon,
With the letter of Life,
The letter Noon?
Can I now remember how my father,
Brother,
Uncle too,
Fought the world
in World War II?
Will I stand against any man
who
Threatens my life and
Relationship with You?
In Christ Jesus,
I am set free
To rise,
Remember,
To live in Thee.
American and
Nazarite too,
Rise up
Oh daughter of Liberty
Count me too!”
Poem by denisebalog
“Because I live, you also will live…Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.” John 14:19 & 27 (ESV)
WWII Women Memorial, Washington, DC
The Hebrew letter “N” is the 14th letter Noon.
The word picture is of a “fish” or a “believer”
Noon represents – life activity, life, movement.
Hebrew letter Noon – Life Activity
In memory of all who fought and stood for liberty in WWII
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