Ada Brownell Newsletter February 2017
(Check out the following love stories, one on sale for .99 and a recipe)
LOVE IS DYNAMITE
I’ve thought of Jesus when John the Baptist was beheaded. John was a relative and close friend of our Savior. He baptized Jesus. Now the earthlings Jesus had come to save not only killed John, but brought his head on a platter.
No wonder when the disciples brought the news, Jesus immediately jumped on a ship and went to a desert place. He knew humankind could be cruel, but I imagine it was different when Jesus took on human flesh to be one of us.
I’d have said, “Father, they’re too wicked. Let’s forget the whole redemption plan.”
Instead, when Jesus saw a crowd followed him to the desert, He had compassion on them and healed the sick. That evening he fed the multitude with five loaves and two fish. When the disciples departed in a boat that night, a storm blew in. Jesus walked on water, calmed the seas, and even invited Peter to step out onto the liquid.
What love is that? The type He asks us to strive for.
How can I be a more loving person? It’s explained in 1 Corinthians 13-3-5NLT: “If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it, but if I didn’t love others, I would be of no value whatsoever. Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude. Love does not demand its own way.”
“Let the faith and love of Christ Jesus be your model” from 2 Timothy 1:13 CEV.
When we study the Word we learn love is as powerful as dynamite and will take us through life more easily, just as dynamite can open a highway tunnel through a mountain.
Love is important to our happiness, both the love we receive and the love we give. God loves us no matter what, and some people love us because God put it in their hearts. But to be a complete, we must return that love and put love into action.
The greatest love of all is God’s love for us: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:16).
© Ada Brownell Feb. 9, 2017
Two great love stories:
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THE LADY FUGITIVE
By Ada Brownell
Jennifer Louise Parks escapes from an abusive uncle. Will she avoid the bounty hunters? Can she forgive the person who turns her in?
Reviewer: The adventures and mishaps that JL Parks gets into will have you laughing out loud, biting your nails and perhaps even wishing you had a gun with which to help.
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Peach Blossom Rancher, an historical romance
The sequel to The Lady Fugitive; Book 2 in the Peaches and Dreams series.
Suspense, romance, humor, murder, insanity, hope, fun, wrapped in a Western you won’t forget.
By Ada Brownell
A handsome young man inherits a ranch in ruin and a brilliant doctor is confined to an insane asylum because of one seizure. Yet their lives intersect.
John Lincoln Parks yearns for a wife to help rebuild the ranch and eyes Valerie MacDougal, a young widow who homesteaded, but also is an attorney.
Will the doctor ever be released from the asylum? Will John marry Valerie or Edwina Jorgenson, the feisty rancher-neighbor he constantly fusses with? This neighbor has a Peeping Tom whose bootprints are like the person’s who dumped a body in John’s barn. Will John even marry, or be hanged for the murder?
RECIPE
Maple-glazed Pork Chops
4 boneless center cut thick pork chops 2 teaspoons spicy mustard
Salt and black pepper ¼ cup Maple Syrup
1 tablespoon olive oil ¼ cup chicken broth
2 tablespoons vinegar
Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Dry the pork chops well and season. Add oil to the pan and heat until shimmering. Lay the chops in the pan and cook until lightly browned on the first side. Turn and cook on the second side until the chops are heated through (about 3 minutes). Add other ingredients, and cook until liquid is a little syrupy. Season to taste. Transfer to baking dish, cover with foil and poke a small hole in foil. Bake in 275-degree oven 1 hour.