Encouraging Words

Pineapple Salsa
2 cups fresh chopped pineapple
1 cup chopped red and/or green pepper
1/2 cup sweet onion slivers
1/4 cup lemon juice
3 TBSP fresh cilantro
1 fresh jalapeno pepper, seeded and finely chopped

Blend all ingredients.  Cover for at least 4 hours, and up to 24 hours, stirring occasionally.  This is great with chips, salad, and even as grilled topping for main dishes.


I recently read an article in Christianity Today called "People of the Nook" (May 2011, pg 66)  about always needing words of encouragement.  Words that build us up and even save us in times of loneliness and trouble.  We need words now and in the future, when family and friends die, when we suffer, when there are problems of trust.  Recently, I have downloaded the Bible on my droid and carry it with me everywhere.  Using it quickly and weightlessly in this way has opened up my ability to find these words of encouragement right when I need them.  I love the feel of books, but being able to reference at the touch of a screen has been life changing.

"Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines,... and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation."
                                                                 - Habakkuk 3:17-18