Great great joy

Our Daily Bread
What we call contemporary Christian music today started about the time I was in college.  Some of the first albums were awkward to listen to, like Amy Grant's song called Grape, Grape Joy.  Lord have mercy.  The music got better and better.  Today the genre outsells several other categories that have been popular for much longer!

That was a silly intro the great, great joy that we can have in our God.  He sent his only Son to live as a human, die and rise again to overcome sin and death.  He sent his Holy Spirit to empower us to grow closer to God each and every day if we give ourselves to him.  He gives us the opportunity to be little Christs as we put aside the sin and selfishness of this world.  We can truly be children of God!  Praise God!

Lord, thank you for the great, great joy we can have in you!  We praise you!

Foodie Friday
I found a couple of Halloween recipes for this week.  It is hard to believe that Halloween is next week!  And even worse, next Friday will be the first day in November!  Yikes!

Creepy Crawler Cupcakes
1 box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devil's food cake mix (Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box)
1 container (1 lb) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting
1 Candy rocks, if desired
24 gummy worms

1. Heat oven to 350°F (or 325°F for dark or nonstick pan.) Place paper baking cup in each of 24
regular-size muffin cups.
2. Make and bake cake mix as directed on box for 24 cupcakes, using water, oil and eggs. Cool 10
minutes. Remove from pan to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
3. Spread frosting on cupcakes. Sprinkle with candy rocks. Add gummy worms, gently pushing one
end of worm into each cupcake.
Makes 24 cupcakes

Cobweb Cookies
3/4 cup Gold Medal® all-purpose or unbleached flour
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
Powdered sugar

1. Beat all ingredients except powdered sugar in medium bowl with electric mixer on medium speed
until smooth. Pour batter into plastic squeeze bottle with narrow opening. Heat 8-inch skillet over
medium heat until hot; grease lightly.
2. Working quickly, squeeze batter to form 4 straight, thin lines that intersect at a common center point
to form a star shape. To form cobweb, squeeze thin streams of batter to connect lines.
3. Cook 30 to 60 seconds or until bottom is golden brown; carefully turn. Cook until golden brown;
remove from skillet. Cool on wire rack.
4. Heat oven to 325ºF. Bake cookies on ungreased cookie sheet 5 to 7 minutes or until almost crisp
(cookies will become crisp as they cool). Remove from cookie sheet; cool. Sprinkle with powdered
sugar. Store cookies in container with loose-fitting cover.
Makes 2 1/2 dozen 4- to 5-inch cookies

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We are far from perfect, but despite our mistakes and our sins, we will never abandon the Lord and he will never abandon us - adapted from a statement about Abraham from the EfM Training Guide