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The other day, I got a call from
some friendly acquaintances, asking me if I wanted some persimmon. They have a
rental property in CA that has two different kinds of persimmon trees. At the
time I had never heard of persimmon, but what the heck, it is fruit and it’s
free. Awesome!!
On my way over to pick up the fruit,
I got the idea to invite them to church. My church is finally, after several
months of work, moving from a school to a dedicated building and I thought it
the perfect occasion to ask them to join me.
So, for me,
to actually do this is a really big deal. Don’t ask me why, but the idea of
asking people I don’t know very well to church terrifies me. Honestly, I really
don’t even like to talk to too many people I don’t already know. I only know three
people in the Reno
Well, with
a strong conviction, I invited them to church. I originally asked the husband,
as he was the one I was talking to at the time. He declined politely, then
his wife spoke up and told me she wanted go. She told me she had been thinking
of going back to church all of last week. Excited to see that it really was the
Holy Spirit telling me to invite them, I offered to pick her up and take her
this Sunday.
Tomorrow is
Sunday. I called her today to confirm and she sounded excited to go!! I don’t
know what will happen tomorrow. I don’t know if she will ever come back after
tomorrow. But I feel completely blessed and excited that God helped me get past
my fear and I get to be apart of my friend’s journey. The idea that God could
use me to fulfill any part of his purpose in this woman’s life is simply
incredible!! So, when you feel called to spread the word of the Gospel, or
invite someone to lunch or breakfast, in conjunction with going to church, know
that the blessing you receive for doing his will is completely worth the
possibility of an uncomfortable decline.
While that
was the excitement of the day in my world, I still had a lot of free fruit to
use. After a bit of research, I have come up with a few uses for this fruit,
persimmon.
First of
all, there are two types of persimmon trees, Hachiya and Fuyu. My friends gave
me some of both. The Hachiya Persimmon fruit has a lot of tannins and needs to
ripen fully before using. If they are not fully ripe, they have an
astringent/bitter taste. So my Hachiya Persimmon fruit are in a box on my front
porch as they finish ripening.
The Fuyu Persimmon
I was given is fully ripe, ready to use and really sweet. Almost a little too
sweet for me, however, my two year old loved it!!
I played
around with it a little and came up with a really good applesauce recipe, using
the Fuyu Persimmon. I used 6 (very small) organic apples and 3 persimmons. It
is completely toddler and husband approved, and it is sugar free!!
- 6 apples
- 3 persimmons
- 1 cinnamon stick
- ¾ cup of water
- Peel and chop all apples and persimmons.
- Add to crock Pot with cinnamon stick and water
- Cook in crock pot on high for 5 hours.
- Remove the cinnamon stick, strain, blend and put in storage containers.
Easy Peasy!!
Check out the really cool reusable fruit pouches I use for
my little one!! This saves me so much money on our grocery bill. Refilling
these things is much less expensive than buying the organic applesauce pouches
from the store!!! Here is the Amazon link:
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Has God been calling you to do something you are afraid of
doing? Do you care more about the opinion of your friends than of God’s? Will
you “put yourself out there” to be apart of God’s plan?
May Your Joy Be Full,
Rachel
1 Thessalonians 2:4
(ESV)
4 t just as we have
been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to
please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.
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