A Sweet As Honey Hodgepodge

 

A hodgepodge is a jumble or assortment of things that might not appear to belong together. Joyce at From This Side of the Pond hosts a weekly link-up called Wednesday Hodgepodge that is a little collection of questions for bloggers to answer just for fun and to get to know each other. I always look forward to chatting with friends over coffee, so pour a cup of your favorite and let's visit for a few minutes!

Here are this week's questions - and my answers - for this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge.

1.  May 20th is World Bee Day . . . what's something that's kept you 'busy as a bee' lately?

 

Work! That's the obvious answer, I know. But at the beginning of the month one of our copanies migrated all the accounting and customer information functions from one operating platform to another and it's been a steep learning curve that we were all thrown into at once. There are extra steps, and extra busywork, and my personal opinion is that it hasn't made anything I do in my job easier, faster, or better.   

 

2. Do you like honey? What's something you make or enjoy that calls for honey?

I love honey. I like raw honey, flavored honey, and creamed honey. We eat a spoonful of local raw honey daily to combat pollen allergies (and because it's a sweet treat). Raw honey is also good drizzled on vanilla greek yogurt, or as an alternative sweetener in oatmeal or tea. One of my favorite comfort food treats is toast with peanut butter and creamed honey. 

My current honey selection - buckwheat, creamed
honey from Canada, wildflower, and elderberry

turmeric flavored honey - tastier than I expected,
and a good daily "spoonful of medicine"

 3. "Gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body." Proverbs 16:24

What's a proverb you love, or one that speaks to you or has helped you in some way?

The Bible is full of Proverbs, a whole book in fact, if that helps with your answer. The word proverb is defined as 'a short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice'. 

Quite a few years ago, a theme verse was chosen for the youth ministry at our church. The kids memorize it, and it was emblazoned on t-shirts and displayed in the youth center. It's become a favorite of mine:

Above all else, guard your heart,

for everything you do flows from it.

~Proverbs 4:23~

 

On the surface, we sometimes take that to mean we should be careful who we give our affections to and protect our hearts from being broken in a bad romance. That's good advice to be wise about friendships and relationships, of course! But there's a lot more to this proverb: I learned that in Hebrew thought, the heart was where all decision-making, thinking, and reasoning happened, so this advice to safeguard one's thought-life and worldview takes on a whole new meaning. Truly everything you do and the course of your life will be determined by how you think and understand the world and your purpose and place in it. Another favorite and related proverb is the one our kids memorized when they were even younger:

Trust in the LORD with all your heart,

and lean not on your own understanding.

In all your ways acknowledge him,

and he shall direct your paths.

~Proverbs 3:5-6~

4. Tell us about a 'sweet' moment in your life recently that filled you with joy, gratitude, or peace.

 On Sunday morning as the worship team was rehearsing, the worship director commented - and I can't remember the exact words, but it was so sweet - something to the effect that she particularly loved me singing lead on the song "Goodness of God", which happens to be a favorite song of mine, and that was so encouraging. That was a gratitude moment, for that song, for our worship director, and for having the ability and opportunity to be a part of leading worship. A couple weeks ago, at the chorus year-end dinner, I was totally surprised to receive the Pinnacle Award for the bass section. My husband says it's like the bass MVP award. LOL Not exactly, but that sure was a boost and brought me a lot of joy.

5.  When you were a child, what did you want to 'be' when you grew up? How close did you come to that?

 

 I always wanted to be a teacher. When I was in grade school, I didn't have much concept of specializing in different subjects as a teacher, but I sure wanted to teach reading and spelling. One of my best friends and I played "school" a lot and took turns being the "teacher". How close did I come? Well, I never finished my degree, but I homeschooled all four of my kids all the way through graduation so that's pretty close - and without all the college debt or the headache that teaching in a public school would have been sure to cause me! As a bonus, I had fun teaching some middle grades co-op classes in history and science and other fun things. For several years, I tutored high school English, both writing and literature, in a homeschool co-op that I helped establish, and other than homeschooling my own kids, that was one of the most rewarding career-type things I've ever done. I loved doing it, and miss it still.

6. Insert your own random thought here.

My husband and I fielded a few questions at church last week about the long weekend that Canada just had - Victoria Day. So I decided to dust off an old Homeschool Coffee Break article I wrote about it a few years ago and update it. You can see it here if you're curious, or if you're Canadian and want to fact check me: Victoria Day.

 

Don't forget the Wednesday Quotes link-up which is open for your contributions. The current theme is Memorable Vacations. You're invited to read it and to join in at WQ - Memorable Vacations.

 

What has been keeping you busy as a bee lately? Leave a comment and let me know!

I'm sharing in this week's Wednesday Hodgepodge at From This Side of the Pond.

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