For His Glory...

Thanks.....

Thank you to all the people who responded to my previous entry "where do i fit in". I personally have not been attacked by anyone on this site, but I have seen where others have. It just breaks my heart to see that grown "ladies" feel the need to bash others for their beliefs or convictions. I am encouraged though to know that there are still ladies in Homestead Blogger that genuinely care for the other bloggers.

Paid In Full

Author Unknown

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted.

As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car. Finally, on the morning of his graduation, his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautifully wrapped gift box.

Curious, and somewhat disappointed, the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man’s name embossed in gold. Angry, he rose his voice to his father and said “with all your money, you give me a Bible?” and stormed out of the house.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day. Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things.

When he arrived at his father’s house, a sudden feeling of sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search through his father’s important papers and saw the still gift-wrapped Bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His father had carefully underlined a verse, Matt.7:11, “And if ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father which is in Heaven, give to those who ask Him?”

As he read those words, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words PAID IN FULL.

How many times do we miss God’s blessings because we can’t see past our own desires?

Where do I fit in?

busy......

Whew.... Boy am i tired! We have been so busy with the garden lately that I haven't had much time to do anything else. I feel almost guilty that I haven't been on here in a while to post anything. I have been canning and baking and freezing everything in sight. Since this is my first year canning from the garden, I sort of needed to get the hang of things. I think that I am doing pretty good now. My oldest DD asked me if I was trying to kill myself. Death by canning! LOL, I think what she really meant was if I was trying to kill her! The girls do have a habit of disappearing whenever they see me go into the kitchen.

I made my first from scratch pound cake yesterday. Since we are now getting about 4 eggs a day out of the hens I decided that I needed to find some good recipes that use alot of eggs.We have about 13 hens out of 17 that haven't started laying yet, so I can use all the recipes that I can get! Back to the pound cake.......Oh my goodness! It is fantastic! It was lemon vanilla flavored. I even made a glaze that I drizzled over it when it cooled. Yumm-O!!!
It is quite rewarding when your family's eyes all roll back into their heads in pleasure whenever they taste something that you worked so hard on. I soooo love being a helpmeet....

I guess that I need to get off of here for now. I am at the library with the girls and it is almost time to go shopping.

God bless you all.

hair pic for my mommy

well, here is the new hair color. usually my hair is a very dark brown, almost black colour. My DD talked me into putting in highlights and I am just now getting around to posting a picture for my mom.

I have lived with it for a month, but I still think that I need to tone it down some. It is starting to look a little funny where my roots are coming in.  OK mom, are you happy now? Lots of LOVE!