Wow, I don't think I have ever gone this long without blogging. Time slips away and I, for some reason, never sit down and write. My days are taken up with my children, lessons, farm chores, regular household chores, cleaning homes, baking, and anything else that needs to happen.
New things that have happened here on our farm: WE HAVE HEAT! Some of you know that our furnace/air went out early this spring. All of the duct work had to be removed because it was just an awful example of a homeowner special. Because we have to basically put in a whole new system, it will cost a.lot.of.money. Money that we don't have right this minute. Now I'm gonna be honest, I never thought to pray for a furnace, I prayed for the money for the furnace, but not specifically for a furnace. Then on the second Sunday of November, we had missionaries come and speak, one of the things they talked about what how they pray for everything. So I thought, well, if they can pray for all those things, maybe I should pray for a furnace, so during prayer time, I prayed for a furnace. After church Kevin went and talked to the heating and cooling guy to touch base with him about our situation. He in turn tells Kevin that they just removed a furnace that the heat exchanger cracked on it. It was still under warrantee so the heat exchanger was replaced for free, but the homeowner still wanted a new furnace so they removed the fixed furnace from the home and they were wondering if we would like it installed in our home.
On Thursday of this past week, our new to us furnace was installed. It's a little redneck, we don't have duct work yet, so it blows hot air into our basement and the heat just rises to our main floor and the upstairs, but it is keeping our house fairly warm and we are so grateful for the furnace and the men who installed it!
Last year at this time a woman from our church was talking about her trip to Africa and she said, in Africa they serve a Big God. God is everything to them. Here in America, we don't need God, because we have everything. Here in America, we put God in a box and don't ask him for the big things. Lesson learn. I'm gonna start praying even for the things that seem silly, like a furnace!
Yesterday, we took a drive as a family. We like to just wander around and see where we end up. We drove by a sign that said "The Only Possession You Can Take With You To Heaven Is Your Children." Wow, that one really hit me. That one little sign put things into perspective for me very quickly. They are the only thing on this earth that I have a potential to take with me when I die. My heart is meditating on that... it's an overwhelming thought to me.
Romeo had to have surgery to remove a fatty tumor that had broken open and was bleeding. Today I had to bring him back to have his sutures removed and have the vet look at him to make sure all was healing ok. Which it was. I am so thankful that it wasn't any big deal and our Romey is doing great! I can't imagine losing him yet. He is such a GREAT dog! He loves our cats, chickens and children! He brings so much love and joy to our family.
I have more to write, but time is again slipping away and we have things to do and places to go. I will try harder to make a point to stop and write. I have so much to share...
Blessings!
