Davis Farm and Guest House

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Clinging to Hope

I walk out of my brother in laws house. Away from the baby shower. I've just spent a few hours in the company of those I love the most. Family and friends. Celebrating. A new life. Yet I leave empty. Sad. Overwhelmed. I haven't been here in a while. I glance out over the pasture. My brother in law's horse, Joe,  stands stately in the field. I call to him. He comes. I wonder. Do you remember me? It's been years since I have seen you. I want to weep. Years of memories in this field, before there was a house. Before my mother and father in law journeyed home to ... View Post

Side by Side

The halls echo with a strange familiarity. The routine. Tests, scans, dr's visits. Forced date days. Side by side in waiting rooms. Small cubicles. Waiting; for tests, for results, for decisions. Side by side. Usually, I am eager to send out updates. To include the larger circle. For prayer. For support. This time. I couldn't. I couldn't type the words. I couldn't make the phone calls. I think the journey has just become too weary. But how can that be?  We serve a Mighty God. A God who has allowed all things to filter first, through His hands.  If I am walking hand in hand ... View Post

Listen

The discussions.  Is that what they're called?  Posts. So negative. So mean. Vindictive. Not a trace of a desire to discuss. Shouts. Loud expressions of self. Face book. A platform. To speak. Unedited. Uncensored. Why? Life is changed, when you go. Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." When you teach. When you Love. There is One King and ... View Post

The Definition of Love

“God's viewpoint is sometimes different from ours - so different that we could not even guess at it unless He had given us a Book which tells us such things.... In the Bible I learn that God values us not for our strength or our brains but simply because He has made us.” -Corrie Ten Boom The Hiding Place   I Corinthians 13:4-5 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. (emphasis mine) ... View Post

‘Seeing’, What Lies Ahead

A new year has begun. Unmarred. Fresh. New. These past few years have been hard. The passing of the old, a reminder of time. Time moving forward without those we have loved so dearly. Learning how to live; differently. Breathing. In and out. One foot in front of the other. Searching for hope. Choosing joy. Standing on solid ground. I will admit it has been a hard year. Folks have moved on. Their lives not impacted much by the loss. Our loss. Another grief walk,  as we said Good Bye to my dad. All while life is ebbing forward. I find it hard to commit. Staying on task has ... View Post

We Gathered Together, in this Old Farmhouse

We gathered. Together. Our family. Changed. In so many ways.  The ebb and flow of life. It thrills. It hurts. We press on. Reaching for what is truth; for what is real. Searching for meaning. The loss of a child. The sequential order;  interrupted. Life, defied. A gash, a hole, an emptiness. It can't be repaired. It can't be replaced. Yet, somehow a filling begins. Slowly. Be patient with yourself. Be patient with others. Grief is work. The Holy Spirit softly and quietly fills and soothes the ache. The roaring pain eased. It will surface again and again. But for a ... View Post