Davis Farm and Guest House

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Serve, Sacrifice, Surrender

    22 years. 6 children.       1 grandchild.     1 child in heaven.     1 nephew just joined them. 3 of our parents there as well. The one still here dancing with the memory thief.   And here we are. Living in the nest where one has flown the coop. Where she fluffs her own nest. Where one has soared to heaven. Where one attends college.   The nest has changed.   Is changing.   And it's hard. Some days it's hard to remember there is joy. Some days it's hard to remember to serve the ... View Post

In an Impulsive, Immediate Gratification Seeking Culture. . . I Will Wait

God closed a door.  And I didn't like it.  He'd already slammed the door in other ways in our lives.  This felt like it was just the last straw.  I vacillated between anger and trying to trust.  Leaning on what I know. . . not on what I feel.  Those are hard things.  This world throws things into our pathway.  At each turn; we choose.  We can step into grace.  Seeking wisdom in the walk.  Trusting in a plan held by a Divine Creator.  Or we can let this world drag us down.  Bitterness and anger seep in.  I started ... View Post

Are You Thirsty?

The day is warm.  Sunshine streaming through fluffy white clouds.  We head to the river.  My happy place.  We're headed to celebrate; New life.  Hope.  Promises and Covenants.  That sweet next to the youngest farm girl is entering the waters of baptism.  She's shaking off the old.  Stepping into the new.  The life that isn't promised to be easy.  The life where knee is bowed and hands lifted high.  A life built on truth, hope and certainty.  The truth that she has already had to wrestle to the ... View Post

Back Porch Wisdom

She sits on my back porch.  The porch we are so grateful to have.  We gather together for a bridal shower.  For one of the younger generation.  I visit with a beautiful woman.  Decades ahead of me in age and wisdom. Decades ahead of me in grieving.  All the years I have known her.  She has spoken little of her grief.  She has laughed and shared stories.  But the raw.  I never saw.  Until she sits on my porch.  9 decades of living.  She grabs my hand with an urgency.  Her gaze does not meet ... View Post

Alone

Alone. That's how I find myself this week.  Plans to spend time with the youngest.  Changed.  And now.  Alone.  At first.  I do not know how to react.  Alone.  In a room.  A clean room.  2 beds.  Meals prepared.  Solid biblical preaching.  All alone.  My own schedule.  Clean towels everyday.  Coffee.  Everywhere.  In the room.  In the lobby.  In the dining hall.  Alone.  I don't do alone.  I find someone to accompany me to the store.  I fight off the panic that ... View Post

Just Because. . .

Just because; The sun has been shining for a few days. And it's warm. Just because. . . I am still in awe of the beauty of this place.   And it still takes my breath away. Just because. . . . I can. . . Post tons of pictures.   Because I love pictures. (though my beautiful niece took this one)   Just because. . . These pictures remind me of God's faithfulness. And that sometimes. . . I just need to Praise God. . . In everything. . . Even when it is hard. Even when the hurt is deep.  Just because. . . ... View Post