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The Forest-Blade • ummiEmaniielConntyLive.com • Swainsboro, Georgia • March 3, 2021 3B Akridge / Stapleton Family Reunion to be held The Akridge / Stapleton Family Reunion will be held Sunday, March 7 at the Swainsboro Jaycees Fairgrounds at 12:30 p.m. A basket lunch will be served. Please bring a covered dish and join the family! Hadden wins $160 in February giveaway The February winner for The Forest-Blade’s $160 monthly giveaway is Louise Hadden. She was selected as last month's winner during a live drawing held on Emanuel County Live's Facebook page on Friday, February 26! The $160 monthly giveaway is a celebra tion of The Forest-Blade’s establishment within Emanuel County for the last 160 years. That's right. The Forest-Blade is 160 years old this year! Monthly drawings will continue to take place for the remainder of this year. At the end of the year, The Blade will give away $1,600 to one PAM AKRIDGE PRESENTS CHECK TO HADDEN lucky winner! Be sure to Forest-Blade this week grab your copy of The for your chance to win! The Answer by BISHOP BERTHA JONES It seems everyone is looking for something pleasant, good and lovely. They are also looking for peace, love and kindness. While everyone is looking for an answer for today's ills, I suggest that you have the answer within. You have the power to change your environment and your world. Now when you stop looking to others to give you what they do not have, then you will be available to discover the real source. Let's look at the very thing which lasts forever, the word of God. It gives us the answers to our situ ations. So yes, the answer lies within. Deuteronomy 30:14 lets us know, "... the word is near unto you, in your mouth....") Proverbs 18:21 also tells us, "Death and life is in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof." So that's why you have the answer, because it is in your mouth. Don't let others determine your destiny, speak over your own life. The power is in your mouth. Now Psalms 135:3 tells us to, "Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises unto his name for it is pleasant.". Yes, praise to God is your answer for it is pleasant to praise the Lord. Get rid of your worries and doubts and live the pleasant life by singing praises to our God. Ps. 147:1 backs it up by restating that it is good and pleasant to sing praises to our God. Who should praise the Lord? Ps. 192:18 tells us that ".... and the people that shall be created shall praise the Lord". Ps. 145:21 says, " My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.". When should you praise the Lord? I Chronicles 23:30 says,".... to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and like wise at even". Ps. 34:1 also tells us, "I will bless the Lord at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth." Now we have been given the word, to use our mouths continually, to praise the Lord. Therefore, we should be non-stop praising God. For Ps. 104:33 says, " I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live: I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.". So, the word of God tells us the answer is to keep a praise. With con tinual praise, it eliminates complaints, worries, fears, self-interests. It also eliminates things which do not give God glory or exalts his name. Praise him because he is your strength and protection. Praise him for he shall reign forever, throughout all generations. Praising him for his name alone is excellent. Let everything that has breath, praise the Lord. Yes, instead of com plaining, Let Us Praise. Don’t Tolerate It Preventive Computer Maintenance, LLC Make your computer peifonn safer, faster, better. And with Remote Assistance, you nexer have to leave home. 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Enjoy! — From the kitchen of Charlie & Pruitt Peach Cobbler • 1 c. self-rising flour • 1 c. milk • 1 c. sugar •1/2 cup of melted butter • 2 cans sliced peaches in 100 percent syrup • 1 tsp. of vanilla Pour melted butter into a 9"xl3", combine flour, sugar, milk, and va nilla and pour on top of melted butter. Pour cans of peaches on top and sprinkle with a little sugar. Bake on 350°F for 30-45minutes, until top is golden brown. From the kitchen of Charlie & Pruitt Cream Cheese Danish • 2 cans crescent rolls • 2 (8 oz.) packages of cream cheese • 1 c. sugar • 1 tsp. vanilla • legg Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 13"x9" baking pan. Lay a pack of crescent rolls in the pan and pinch openings together. Mix cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and egg together until smooth and spread mix ture over the crescent rolls, then lay the second layer of crescent rolls on top and pinch openings together. Brush with egg white. Bake for 35-45minutes until top is golden brown. From the kitchen of Charlie & Pruitt For the cake: • 1 oz red food coloring • 1 tsp. cocoa powder • 1-1/2 c. oil • 1-1/2 c. sugar • 2 eggs • 1 tsp. vanilla • 1 c. buttermilk • 2-1 /2 c. flour • 1 tsp. salt • 1 tsp. baking soda • 1 tsp. vinegar For the cake: Preheat oven to 325°F degrees. In a glass measuring cup, mix food color ing and cocoa and set aside. Mix sugar, oil, and egg. Once they are mixed well, add food coloring and vanilla. Pour buttermilk in glass measuring cup that food coloring was in. Alternate adding milk and sifted flour and salt and mix well. Fold in soda and vinegar. Pour in greased pan (2/3-9" round pans). Bake for 20-30 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean. For the frosting: Mix all ingredients together until well blended and spread evenly over cake. Red Velvet Cake For the frosting: • 8 oz cream cheese • 1 /4 c. butter • 1 lb. powder sugar • 1 tsp. vanilla V J
