We lost a 2-month-old lamb last evening, we tried everything to save him including an after-hours weekend visit to the farm vet which is far from ideal. While I love living on a farm, growing our food, and teaching our children about the value of life the flip side death is never easy especially unexpected…
The wise woman builds her house, but the foolish pulls it down with her hands. Proverbs 14:1 NKJV This Proverb stands out, it is rare as it is describing female behavior. I can easily envision what the destruction of a home looks like as described “with her hands.” I see conflict, bitterness, resentment tearing at…
Lincoln Brewster in his song, There Is Power has a verse that I find myself singing often. It has been used in other songs since so anyone who listens to modern Christian music has likely heard it or a variation of it. There is power In the name of Jesus There is power Power in His name…
I live on a farm in the country, typical morning sounds this time of year include the crow of the roosters, the crackle of the fire, and the hum of our freezer which is on its last leg. We live several miles from a gravel quarry. If I am up early enough and the weather…
God will provide instruction and guidance I am only required to listen, repent and act. 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. Psalms 32:8 NKJV God, I cannot see over this hill, but you can and your promise in Psalms 32:8 is…
This morning I told the Holy Spirit I was too busy, not in so many words but in my actions as I thought about my full plate and where I could book time for God, a little here, a little there. Does it sound as bad to you reading it as it sounds to me…
Last Fall traveling in a remote area of the state on a dirt road I was praying and talking to the Lord. I had committed myself earlier that month to pray more than I spoke so a long drive on a dusty dirt road in the middle of nowhere was perfect. As I turned a…
There is scripture on my heart, and it needs to be shared, I do not know who this message is for, but someone is intended to read it and gain strength. Lord use these words as you intend. I ask that they speak to the heart of the reader who needs to hear it and…
I live on a farm; few things bring me greater joy than freshly born animals. The miracle of creation front and center. I can spend hours watching the birth of a lamb, the doting attention of its mother, its first steps, and wobbly attempts to explore this new world. Or newly minted piglets playing with…
When I was six, someone told me something negative about myself, I still challenge that thought to this day decades later. In middle school, someone told me my “worth” I believed it and acted as if it was the truth. That did not stop me from creating victims, yielding the tongue as a weapon at…