My farmer and the crew work outside everyday. Sure they can head into the milk house to get warm. Sometimes they work in a tractor that has a cab. Not sure if there is heat in there anymore. But mainly they are out doors. So, I hesitate as I choose my words; Will Spring ever come? The days are getting longer. Light in the early evenings. Yet, the cold lingers. I am not one to be cold. My internal system has always run on the warm side. But this year. . . This year, I can not get warm. And it ... View Post
Stepping Through The Plan I Do Not Understand
I will go to the funeral of a dear friend today. It is also the 19th month Anniversary of our sons home going. With many of the same people, we will celebrate the life of one lived so very well. Through song and prayer we will lift our voices to the heavens. We will remember. Why does the pain of this life become overwhelming? I feel some days that grief is all I know. As my dad succumbs to the memory thief and we need to make decisions about his care my heart feels so weighted. This life ... View Post
Peanut Butter Pie
Peanut Butter Pie. Sometimes it's what we need. A little baking. A plan. Some sunshine. Sometimes, life is not what we expected We can not give in to the despair and sadness. It fights to pull us under. Threatens to undermine our joy. So, make a pie. Spread some sunshine. Do one thing you know you should. And above all else. Give thanks. Psalm 107:1 Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; his love endures forever. Our hope is not in the temporal things of ... View Post
Waking From A Dream
I woke from the dream. Wracking sobs as I fell to my knees in the kitchen. Sobs that came during the first days as we learned of Elijah's homegoing. The same gut wrenching realization. Piercing. Ache. Reality. Harsh. My pysche must only be able to handle this in my dreams. For when I woke. Truth confronted me. Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: "I have loved you with an everlasting love; I have drawn you with unfailing kindness. The power of knowing that we are His ... View Post
Do You Have Plans For The Next 40 Days? ( a re-post from the archives)
Today is the beginning of Lent. A practice many in the Christian church do not observe. A practice centuries old; representing Jesus' time in the quiet; in the wilderness. It was during this time he was tempted by Satan; Matthew 4:3-4 The tempter came to him and said, "If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread."Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" It was during this time that he fasted for 40 days. A time when he was tired, hungry and weak. He withdrew from all the chaos and ... View Post
The Glory Moment
I have it all wrong. See, when the list is so long. And the hours in the day not making it. I stress. I lash out. I want to hurry up so I can sit down. I quickly click off the task to be able to get to something else. While all the while the task at hand many be the very glory moment I need to be in. On my knees scrubbing the toilet bowl. (Yes, this is true) Or running out the door to bring a text book to the daughter who forgot. Or crying as I can't get to the grave of my son because they don't plow. What if those moments ... View Post
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