Lemon Squares♡

PTL!!! Father God, Lord of all creation, thank you for once again showing your great power, love, and grace to me. Another brother in Your heavenly family, yayyy! Thank you for showing me that this is truly what faith can do - healing of the body, mind, and spirit!

So it all starts with PJ's sharing one Sunday school class of a boy who is called to ER due to a brain tumour the size of a table tennis ball. Upon hearing this a friend and I were moved to pray for him, so we asked PJ after class of an understanding of his situation and how we can pray for him. Though, of course, specifics were not told, but to pray for him as he endures a surgery.

That morning, at his scheduled time of surgery, along with many other brother and sisters, we prayed. Getting up 10 min before, beginning to pray, knowing that many brother and sisters are doing the same, was amazing. Though I was tired, I tried hard to focus, and with more focus, the more the urgency came into realization.

As a student, hearing about this of another student, I can't help but feel helpless. At this stage, he must be searching, planning, mapping out future endeavors, but this curve ball is thrown at him. Experiencing many curve balls of my own, it's heartbreaking to know that someone else may be feeling as helpless. However, feeling as down as I was, I need to divert that feeling into hopefulness in God, hence I came to pray, and praying is what I did for him.

About 2 weeks later, PJ once again shared about this student, and good news came that he became a brother in Him. His surgery went well and he accepted Jesus as his Savior!! :D

Tears of joy streaming, praise resounding in my heart, hands clasped. Praise Him for the joys He brings, the breathe of life He breaths, and the wonderful works of His hands. :)

And this is what faith can do.♡

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~Lemon Squares~

So here's a little dessert of tartness yet sweet. Sometimes things may seem sour at first, but through that, we find sweet love, hope and joy.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups white sugar
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
  
  
• 3 lemons, juiced (2/3 cup)
• 1 full lemon zest

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Butter a 9x13 inch pan.
3. In a medium bowl, blend together softened butter, 1/2 cup sugar, and 2 cups flour. Press onto bottom of greased pan.
4. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes in preheated oven, until firm and golden.
5. In another bowl, whisk together remaining sugar and flour. Add in lemon zest.
6. Gradually whisk in eggs and lemon juice. Careful not to over mix.
7. Once crust has cooled to touch, pour mixture onto crust.
   
   
8. Bake for an additional 20-25 minutes in preheated oven. Let cool. Bars will firm up as they cool.
9. Sift powdered sugar onto warm lemon bars so that it will stick.

Enjoy!

*Can replace with limes instead of lemons, and can add a drop of green food coloring to give it a very pale green. Cut in uniform 2 inch squares, and you can create a checker board pattern with lime and lemon bars! :D

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