California for Stefani

Losing, by 10th Ave North

I can't believe what she said...
I can't believe what he did
Don't they know it's wrong?
Don't they know it's wrong?
Maybe there's something I missed?
But how could they treat me like this?
It's wearing out my heart
The way they disregard
This is love
This is hate
We all have a choice to make
Oh, Father won't You forgive them
They don't know what they've been doing
Oh Father, give me grace to forgive them
Cause I feel like the one losing
It's only the dead that can live
But still I wrestle with this
To lose the pain that's mine
Seventy times seven times
Lord it doesn't feel right
For me to turn a blind eye
But I guess it's not that much
When I think of what You've done.
Oh Father won't You forgive them
They don't know what they've been doin' (oh no)
Oh Father, give me grace to forgive them
Cause I feel like the one losing
Why do we think that our hate's going change their heart
We're up in arms over wars that don't need to be fought
But pride won't let us lay our weapons on the ground
We build our bridges up but but just to burn them down
We think our pain is own apologies and then it'll stop
But truth be told it doesn't matter if they're sorry or not
Freedom comes when we surrender to the sound...
Of mercy and Your grace
Father, send Your angels down
Oh Father give me grace to forgive them...
Cause I feel like the one losing

Aren't those great words to live by?  I think of all the things people have said about me in my life time and how we have been treated just because we are different.   Just think of all the things that were done to Jesus in his short life here on earth.   It doesn't even come close to what we have gone through.  He knows our hearts and he comforts us in those times.  We need love and we need to show love, even to those who hate us.   There is far too much hate going on out there (especially the ones that hate in God's name).  The hate doesn't end either, because we retaliate with more hate and it is never ending.  How about we stop the hate and start to love instead.  When we are hated on, maybe we should love them right back.   If we don't forgive, we can't be forgiven.   So Father, give me the grace to forgive them...even the little things that people say (and do) to us...they don't mean it. 

Here is the video 

So here are the list of ingredients:

 

3 1/2 cups of Namaste Perfect Flour Blend

1/2 cup cornstarch, arrowroot or tapioca startch

1 1/4 cups milk (I use soy milk)

1 TBSP Cider Vinegar

2 TBSP Oil

2 TBSP honey or agave nectar

1 tsp salt

3 eggs

1 TBSP yeast

1/2 cup warm water

Heat oven to 350 degrees and put rack on top of element that airs out the heat from the stove.  Put the bread pan on top of the rack and let it warm up.

Mix heaping tbsp of yeast in bowl with 1/2 cup warm water and set aside

Warm your milk up in microwave or over the stove – don’t boil otherwise you will cook the eggs when you add it to the liquid mix

Take your mixer and add eggs, oil, sweetener and cider vinegar and mix. 

Add milk slowly while mixing (only reason you do slowly so your spouse doesn’t have to clean it up from the counter later LOL).

Stop mixer and add your flour, starch and salt.  Then start mixing again and add your yeast mixture.

 

 

Mix for 3 minutes – you can stop the mixer half way and clean off the sides of the bowl just to make sure you are getting everything in the mix.

 

 

 

 

This all took about 10 minutes to do…after this comes the easy stuff.

 

Add this mix to your loaf pan, cover loosely with plastic and put on rack to rise.  Let rise for about 45 min – 1 hour.  Keep tabs on it so that the plastic doesn’t stop it from rising.  Make sure it is just laying on top of the dough. 

 

Put loaf in oven, cover (very loosely) with tin foil and cook for 35 minutes.  Then take tin foil off and cook for another 35 minutes.

 

Take out of oven, let cool for a couple of minutes and then take out of pan and lay bread on side (on the rack) and then flip to other side after awhile, then stand up properly.  I just do this so it cools nicely and doesn’t flop to one side or the other.  I also baste some butter on the top of the bread so it doesn’t go to dry on top.

Let cool completely before trying to slice.

 

I find the Namaste flour works the best (so far).  The bread is a great texture and doesn’t go sandy tasting like a lot of rice flour breads.  I find toasting the slices works the best, but you don’t have to.  Sometimes my bread rises more, but I think it didn’t do as well this time because I forgot salt…oops.  But it still feels light and fluffy, which is what you want for a gluten free bread.  Who wants to eat bricks?