Ep 233 Jesus Knows My Name And He Can Be Pushy with Sue Donaldson

Single in my 20’s, in a new career, a new town and a new church, I felt okay mostly. Life was full and purposeful, but lonely on occasion. I wondered why families didn’t ask me over for Sunday dinner.

All I could think of was that my church friends must have thought I had such an exciting single life, I wouldn’t want to come home to their normal, ordinary home and stand at the sink and peel potatoes or hold their babies while they got dinner on and then sit down at their table to get better acquainted.

But that was exactly what I wanted to do. To be part of a family, if just for an hour or two.

The Bible says God sets the lonely in families. I was lonely. I needed to be set somewhere.

I got tired of waiting. So I called up some people. Invited them over. Invited myself over. I had a precedent and his name is Jesus.

Sometimes you just have to make it happen and not wait for someone else to pick up the phone or send a text. I invited people over because I needed friends. I don’t think people thought I might be bad company or that I would run off with the soup ladle if they had me over for dinner. I just think they didn’t think of me at all.

Maybe that’s what loneliness is: To believe you aren’t even thought about.

Trishie's Apple Crisp

5 large apples
1 t. cinnamon
1/4 t. nutmeg
1 t. lemon juice
1/2 c water

Topping:
1 c sugar
3/4 c flour

1 cube butter, firm

Peel and slice apples
Mix in spices, lemon juice and water
Lay in 7 x 11" dish
Mix flour and sugar together
Crumble in chilled butter slices until it resembles small peas (as an alternative, spread flour/sugar mixture on top of apples. Melt butter and pour evenly over the top.)

Bake 45-55 min at 350 degrees. Serve warm with vanilla ice cream (sort of optional)

See printable version HERE