When Troubles Rise and Storms Appear...

So when the strong winds of January blow across the land,

blowing the cover off the calf barn,

requiring the poor Farmer to go out there with his employees

in said strong freezing winds

to repair the damage, 

The Farmer's wife ponders what she can do to help her poor darling out, and she gets in for walking out in the freezing wind to observe the project,

bringing coffee to the cold men,

and then makes a "comfort food supper" for the Farmer...and I pause to ponder.

 I think that when our hearts are in the right place, it sure helps for us to be able to be 'instant in season and out of season' like Paul admonishes in one of his epistles (Romans?). There was a day that I would have seen yesterday as a huge interruption. I did not appreciate farming (still don't like some kinds of farming but I do appreciate that farmers can impact the world in a good way!)

I am deeply grateful that God

in His mercy and love

reached down from heaven

and changed my heart...

and what a hard heart it was!

Oh my, when I think of

the struggles I went through

as I was being broken.

I am so thankful He stuck to it

and kept working on me to 

bring me to that place of

complete brokenness.

And I am so thankful that

my darling Farmer

stuck it out too and so

kindly allowed me

to struggle...

that was a gift of love

to be sure!

We approach our 20th wedding anniversary,

and I find myself pondering where He's

brought us from and where we could be

if we had not decided to follow

JESUS.

I warn you now...

I'm about to turn 40

and I'm about to have a 

20th wedding anniversary

with the man I love...

You might be subjected to 

more blog posts on

marriage and entering

new seasons of life...

But then again,

I suppose you don't have 

to stop to read them if

you get tired of them 

:-)

Happy winter to all.

(I'm so glad that we got this far

in the Fingerlakes of NY without

much cold and snow!)