Chapter
Hold me fast
Chapter
Hold me fast
Where shall I go from your Spirit? Or where shall I flee from your presence?
If I ascend to heaven, you are there! If I make my bed in Sheol, you are there!
If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea,
even there your hand shall lead me, and your right hand shall hold me.
Psalm 139 7-10
Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart
To The Choirmaster. A Psalm Of David.
Whilst listening and singing along to a praise song “Where can I go” based on the psalms 139 from Ellie Holcome. The words that painted a picture of grace for me this chapter was “your right hand will hold me fast”. According to the study notes of the bible hub , the right hand means Our Heavenly Fathers strength, favour and righteousness towards us in Christ Jesus, who likewise currently sits at the right hand of God with authority and power to save and sustain us.
What a peace and rest this brings to my heart that our Heavenly Father’s righteous right hand holds us fast in Jesus Christ therefore it is not in my own power or strength to keep me in Him for it is always His no matter what I walk through. His promise to always be here with me graciously and powerfully carrying me through and sustaining me blameless till the day I meet him again
From 1 Corinthians 1:8
Grace and peace always,
Florence
Poppy
The blooming flower of this chapter is the beautiful poppy which also happens to be the flower of my new collection Poppy belle and poppy fabrics.
Collect here
Vibrant, delicate and resilient these flowers bloom abundantly and beautifully flourish the summer season.
To the races
Two of my favourite loves are horses and fashion so attending the races has been on my wish list for the longest time so when the opportunity came to attend Ascot this year I jumped for it. To dress for the occasion I wore my Poppy Belle silhouette in the poppy trailing fabric and paired it with a beautiful Audrey Hepburn style hat and dressed it with a bow I made with left over fabric. Just seeing the horses run their race was joy to my heart and being able to dress for the occasion felt like stepping back in time in the days of another favourite of mine Secretariat.
Poppy
Paintings
Inspired by the poppy flowers is collection of a delicately hand painted poppy portrait, a poppy flower study and a summer evening meadow filled with poppies in watercolour on handmade paper.
Available to collect here
My favourite version of the classic Victoria Sponge Cake is a vanilla cake with a full layer of vanilla bean cream and fresh strawberries, deliciously simple and easy to make.
Strawberry cake
Recipe
Cake
1 cup of doves white spelt flour
1 cup of golden caster sugar
2 eggs
1 cup of sunflower oil
2 tsp of Doves Baking powder
1 tbs of vanilla extract
a dash of milk ( I used a plant based coconut milk)
a dash of lemon juice
For the Strawberries and cream on top
300 ml Double cream
2 tsp of vanilla paste or extract
2 tbs of sugar
300g of fresh strawberries
Method
Mix all the dry ingredients of flour, baking powder and sugar in a bowl.
Add the wet ingredients beginning with eggs, vanilla extract, milk, oil and a dash of lemon juice.
Once all mixed place in into a flour and butter lined round tin.
Bake in the oven at 150 -175 decrees celsius depending on your oven for at least 35 to 40 minutes or until golden brown and the cake test fork comes out clean.
Once the cake is cool add your whipped cream layer of double cream, vanilla paste and sugar and layer your cut strawberries on top
Enjoy!
