Davis Farm and Guest House

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Be Anxious For Nothing

Be anxious for nothing.  Only when I have prayed hard? No need to be anxious. When I have saved enough money in my retirement? No need to be anxious.  When I have anticipated every problem and am assured that I have done every thing to thwart an issue. Then I do not need to be anxious.  When do we not be anxious?  What about the time when you haven't prayed? That item left off the list.  When something isn't planned all the way through.  Is that the time to be anxious?  Be anxious for nothing.  My son walks out the door. He kisses me. He says he ... View Post

Learning How To Go With The Flow

I fear complacency.  I fear a haughty heart in the face of a holy God.  Obedience calls.  But to what?  The way is so unclear.  The future looming.  The days unknown.  Weariness creeps in slowly.  A heart pressed in on all sides.  Reaching through to the joy.  Yet, veiled by grief.  Where do we go from here? What is the calling? The immediate rushes.  I long for relief.  I breathe slowly.  Time to slow the pace.  There is no way to the other side, but through, this journey. Psalm 23:4 Yea, though I ... View Post

His Ways. . .Not Mine

Many came to help ready the farm for guests.  There are so many details.  My head spins.  The weather could be an issue.  I want it to be sunny.  I don't want to have tents. I want to sit out in the open.  But that is not the case.  It may rain; It may not.  How do you decide? So much of our walk in life is about letting go.  Changing our expectations.  If we just trust God. Isaiah 55:9 As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways  and my thoughts than your thoughts. Put aside our desires and ... View Post

You Can Still Press On

When your parents dog, father's sister (your god mother),  parents best friend and mother have all died within  10 days and the memory thief has knocked on your father's door. . . and he needs you to get through . . .  you can still press on. When you beg God to take your mother because the ravages of cancer have left her lifeless and emaciated, he won't. . . .you can still press on. You can sit in your yard and hold your daughter's beloved dog that has just been hit by a car and beg for him to live, and he won't.  He will die in your arms and you will not shed a ... View Post

His Chains Are Gone. . .. He’s Been Set Free

His chains are gone. He's been set free.  All he knows is peace and more peace.  It is we, who are left behind that need the prayers.  We walk the hard road.  We have walked the year to a different beat.  Longing for a familiar cadence.  Not to be.  Walking the road of grief; blindsided by cancer.  Uplifted by grace of a community.  Reminders continually of the strength we need to persevere.  The unthinkable has happened.  It has been a year of firsts.  A year with out my mom a year with out my ... View Post

Live In The Fullness

I fight through these days. The last he had here on this earth.   I long for things to be different. Yet trying to step forward each day. Agony. The need to do what you do not want to do. Press on.  Remember. Seek joy. Let go. Digging for the strength needed. Only the grace for the day. I settle into all that will never be. He will never be a United States Marine. He will never marry. Our family portraits will never be the same. I don't want to hear the words, "You're healing." Like I'm going to be new again? My son has been torn from me. I will NEVER be the ... View Post