The Journey

1 Corinthians 12:20-25 (NKJV) But now indeed there are many members, yet one body.  Life is a journey. The destination is always the same, but the journey each takes is unique. I don't believe we are bodies with spirits or souls. I believe we are eternal souls with temporary bodies. What we choose to do on our journey through this life can be amazing! Or it can be horrible....the choice is ours to make. I was watching a garden video today by Navajopa on youtube. I love watching this man's videos; he's so down-to-earth and just says it how it is. He made a comment that tomato plants, when grown in flats or close to each other will grow and intertwine, and the weight of the individual plants will be supported by each other. They won't fall over, even though they are technically vines. Separate the plants and they will grow spindly and fall over with the weight of fruits. He mentioned how people can be like this. We were created to be together in groups. We're p...

Jeremiah 17:10 nkjv I, the Lord , search the heart, I test the mind, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.   Watch a stone as it hits the water. It makes ripples. Now toss two stones in at once, and then watch as the ripples cross and then merge together, making larger ripples covering more surface. The same can be true of our thinking. To change the world we have to change one life -- ours. We have to line our thinking up with God's thinking. We have to line our lives up with God's way for our lives. The beginning of this, the only way to do this is by learning from God. When we're young we're taught by our parents and extended family first. We're flawed when we're very young, by this alone. I am not faulting parents and families. I am a parent and have an AMAZING family, myself. But I am flawed, therefore I taught flawed premises to my own children, which they must learn to overcome one day.  Then as we get...

My health is what it is. I know my limitations, and I continue to strive past these limits every chance I get. I may never achieve complete healing, and I may have to deal with pain for the rest of my life, but I refuse....REFUSE to dwell in my pain. Part of the reason I have been so impatient to be healed or to at least feel better is because my husband and I have a dream. Our dream has always been to own a farm. Not a large multimillion dollar a year farm, just a small, self sufficient farm. He wants security, mainly: Our own land, mortgage free- our own house, mortgage free- some trees to put a hunting stand, and a few head of cattle in a pasture to sell or eat. I want a place where I can be, and the world can fall down around me, and I won't even know unless I ask. The stock market can crash, but my cow, Bessie, will still need milked twice a day, and my flock of chickens will need care even if the government falls away, and the outside world as I know it is gone. I want garden...

Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same sufferings are experienced by your brotherhood in the world. 10  But may the God of all grace, who called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you. 11  To Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 5:9-11 Wow! It's been a busy summer. My Garden of Weeden was a smash success! It was a bit overwhelming at the end, and between time with pain and lack of time without pain, I ended up losing a lot of produce. I just couldn't harvest, clean, peel and preserve everything within the time I had before they rotted to get it all done, so a lot of veggies rotted. All in all, I still had a bountiful year in the garden. I canned I don't know how many jars of tomatoes, I made homemade salsa, and canned it for this winter. My husband and kids said it's addictive and better than they buy! (HUGE coming from teenagers!) I f...

For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. Galations 6:8   I planted a garden this spring. It's doing wonderfully too, so far. I honestly have never had anything I planted, outside, grow; especially not something I grew from seed. This year, when I planted tomato seeds, and every seed grew, I didn't have the heart to yank some, so I transplanted all 26 tomato plants. Of course that took most of my small garden space, but I managed to add 3 yellow bell pepper plants, 3 red bell peppers, 2 jalapeno plants, 6 green bell pepper plants, 4 mounds of cucumbers-1 in each corner of the garden, and a row of marigolds as an insect and critter repellant. It been an amazing experience for me in the "Garden of Weeden" as I call it now. I planted the seeds, watered them and God grew them. How simple is that?  Earlier today, someone made the connection between ...

I am having trouble writing lately. My thoughts keep getting all jumbled in my head, and by the time I get them down on paper, they make no sense what-so-ever. I don't understand it really. Usually when something bothers me, I write it, and it makes sense, suddenly, to me. Lately, however, so many things are running through my head, that it would be virtually impossible to unwind it all in one blog post. For now, I am going to sort out my feelings on Gluttony. A few days ago I was sitting in WalMart's parking lot waiting for my girls to return to the car. I saw this elderly man walking to his car. I was watching as he slowly walked to his car, using his cane, then he got in, and sat there for a minute. He started the car, adjusted his mirrors and such then slowly backed out of the spot. I noticed other men, young men, pulling in and out of their spots with more precision and speed. He didn't even notice them. He just went on about his business. My heart swelled with lov...

I wrote this quite a while back, but it needs repeating every so often...... Be encouraged!! This is only a season. A stepping stone, and if you need it to be......a learning or teaching moment. Satan attacks us in ways we never think or imagine possible. He thinks if he can take away that which is most important to us (here on Earth), or that if he attacks When things are taken away, then he can cause us confusion. Why is this happening? How can it be fixed? CAN it be fixed? Is all lost? Know, my friends, this is not of God. 1 Corinthians 14:33 (New King James Version) 33 For God is not the author of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. God loves you and wants you to know how much He wants to help you through this, no matter what decisions you've made to this point. 2 Timothy 1:7 (New King James Version)7 For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind. Confusion cause...