March 29, 2009

provident living

Elder Hales just gave a great talk entitled A Gospel Vision of Welfare: Faith in Action. I particularly enjoyed his message about provident living. He defined provident living as "joyfully living within our means." He also said that provident living means "not coveting the things of this world; using the resources of the earth wisely and not being wasteful, even in times of plenty; and avoiding excessive debt and being content with what we have."
One of the ways I live joyfully within my means is to make good food that I can store. Lately, I have been enjoying canning vegetable beef soup. Stop by unexpectedly for lunch or dinner and you just might be served some.

1 comment:

  1. Send your recipe! I want to try it. What type of pressure canner do you have? Do you like it?

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