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Artemisia Grieves
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin! For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. ...
The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. Now these Jews were more noble than those in Thessalonica; they received the word with all eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.
Lamentations 4:5 Those who ate delicacies are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits. 6 For the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown as in a moment, And no hands were turned toward her.
Lamentations 4:7 Her consecrated ones were purer than snow, They were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than corals, Their polishing was like lapis lazuli. 8 Their appearance is blacker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones, It is withered, it has become like wood. 9 Better are those slain with the sword Than those slain with hunger; For they pine away, being stricken for lack of the fruits of the field.
JESUS . . . Have you had some sleep now? See how disobedient you are. I called you just before you went to bed but you were too tired. Did you not think I would sustain you? I woke you up again and you wait before you give Me your prompt attention. Yet you cannot resist Me either. Halina, know what is happening do not fight Me within yourself. You will not extinguish that call, for I will continue to call you and it will cause you more pain to decline or delay than to respond.
Halina, draw what you are being shown, do not hold back. You find this difficult. Why? You will not get it wrong. It is simple- The Trinity- The Father send His Spirit, who graces the soul and reveals the Son- a pure gift to mankind. The son was a pure gift to all. He was pure because He always did as His Father bid, always attuned to the Spirit. To be pure you have to be like the Son. Follow the Son. Always follow His example. To do so is already to accept the Spirit and yearn for Purity. The golden rays of the Fathers Love are such that they grant to the seeker the means to find Him. The harder a man looks the more he will find, the purer he will become.
I will grace you with deeper insight all your life if you become pure in spirit, but now little one try to retain what I have taught you. See how already you long for more. Walk among the Saints in Light in the Light of Gods own grace. (I stopped to start a new writing book it was black with gold edges) What a lovely book Halina. Put Me in the centre of all that gold. I am the Refiner, the Purifier- the Perfector of souls. Let Me write on the pages of your spirit- be like this new blank page-white pure- an open book for me to write what I will in it's pages. Give me your life an open book for all to read my words so that all can learn and be purified. It takes courage to be blank to be used- a tool in the hands of your Creator but please be one for the sake of the Kingdom. Halina of Light. Halina of great nothingness and servant of the poor. Remember that title. Does it make more sense to you now than two years ago? You pause to reflect on this- so many things have altered, so many things changed and how you have changed and grown.
6 Vau. And the iniquity of the daughter of my people is made greater than the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and hands took nothing in her. 7 Zain. Her Nazarites were whiter than snow, purer than milk, more ruddy than the old ivory, fairer than the sapphire. 8 Heth. Their face is now made blacker than coals, and they are not known in the streets: their skin hath stuck to their bones, it is withered, and is become like wood. 9 Teth. It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger: for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth. 10 Jod. The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
16 Phe. The face of the Lord hath divided them, he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, neither had they pity on the ancient. 17 Ain. While we were yet standing, our eyes failed, expecting help for us in vain, when we looked attentively towards a nation that was not able to save. 18 Sade. Our steps have slipped in the way of our streets, our end draweth near: our days are fulfilled, for our end is come. 19 Coph. Our persecutors were swifter than the eagles of the air: they pursued us upon the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness. 20 Res. The breath of our mouth, Christ the Lord, is taken in our sins: to whom we said: Under thy shadow we shall live among the Gentiles.
Steve, thanks for stopping by. When I make a batch of lard, I freeze all but one pint sized mason jar of lard at a time. The jar in my refrigerator will keep for about a month and the lard in the freezer about 6-12 months. I hope this answers your question.
I can remember helping my mom render lard when slaughtering hogs more than 35 years ago. I decorate cakes and have gotten away from using shortening for making the icing (which uses 1/2 shortening and 1/2 butter) and using all butter. The problems I have found are the consistency needed for certain decorations and the butter icing melts more readily as I hold the bag of icing. I wonder if this snow white lard could replace the shortening in the recipe or would it only be good for baking and cooking?
when I render lard I always number my jars. #1 rendered first is the best odor free lard. then I use it accordingly. The lower numbers for pastries then the higher numbers (which are porky smelling) for cooking potatoes or pot pie crust, etc. I start with separated leaf lard so I have a #1 leaf lard and a #1 lard lard. I also fill quart jars 2/3 full and freeze.
After reading this I do think I tend to let my cracklins get too crispy. I think it made my last lard porkier than usual this time.
thanks for your confirmation. processing 70 lbs was a little messy but worth the work. leaf lard is so much faster to render than other kinds of fat.
HELP FULL TIP i cut the lard into 1 and 2 inch pieces and put about 2 lbs in a large pot. added a cup of water. once the fat got gelatinous. i used a braun hand mixer to further break up the pieces. boiled it until there was no more steam, then strained it. each batch took 20 minutes? and it came out great . out of 78 lbs i got 65 lbs. of lard. and 7 lbs of that was fat attached to sinue and too difficult to separate. hardly any waste in my book. by the way the waste makes great crab bait.