MIxed Berry Pancakes
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 c sugar
1 large egg
1 cup milk
2 tbsp cooking oil
1 1/2 cups mixed berries- strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, blueberries (frozen or fresh)
Combine dry ingredients and create a well. Blend berries and milk in a blender until smooth. Add egg, and oil to berry mixture in separate bowl and pour in the well. Combine all ingredients. Batter will be lumpy. Pour about 1/4 cup batter for each pancake. When top is bubbly and sides are dry, flip until brown.
** Base recipe taken from Better Homes and Gardens Cookbook**
"'For I know the plans I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.' " ~Jeremiah 29:11-13
God has a plan for all of our lives. We do not get to see the whole picture, we see one piece of the puzzle. When you have a 1,000 piece puzzle and you only look at one or two pieces of it, it will not make much sense. If you compare that to the picture on the box of the finished product, you are much more likely to be able to get a sense of where those pieces go. [Parents- if possible, get a puzzle and show your child only one or two pieces and have a guessing game of what it might be.]
The cool thing about God is that He can see the big picture. He knows what is in store for our lives and guides us through prayer, other believers, and the Bible. I've always loved verse 11. The fact that God has wonderful plans for me makes me super excited! However, last week I read verses 12 and 13 and had some even better realizations!! A) When we pray to God, He listens to us. Verse 12 is His promise of that. B) We can only find out the plans He has for us when we seek Him with all of our heart. How awesome is that?!
God has such great plans for us, but only if we choose to follow them. We have to follow after God's will for our lives with all of our hearts. That means that we must trust God even when our puzzle piece that we have doesn't make sense. [Parents- tell your child what the full picture is and see if they can make some sense of it.] We must believe and have faith that the One who loved us enough to create us and sent His son to die for us has these wonderful plans!
[Parents- show your child the full picture on the box of the puzzle and have them try to guess where their piece might fit.]
Questions to Discuss This Week:
1. What might God have in store for my life?
2. What does following God with all my heart look like?
3. How can I help others to follow God too?
