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When Things Go Wrong…

by Sandra Bennett
Encouragement

10 Feb

Today was Spring. Not spring like but Spring and at 64 degrees F (18C) with sun shine and a feeling all's right with the world. Don't you like the Elvis quote? Just a reminder trials and tests happen and it's life happens daily. Although, as Daddy told me earlier today, "Sunday is going to be a ... Read More about When Things Go Wrong…

Yes, aren’t we all?

by Sandra Bennett
Encouragement

26 Jan

"I wake expectant, hoping to see a new thing." ~ Annie Dillard ~ It's been said when people critize, it is more telling of their own insecurities, inadequacies and issues than, perhaps, they'd want known. I know this to be true in my own life situations and circumstances. When I'm the most ... Read More about Yes, aren’t we all?

Almost Year End 2021 (YAY)

by Sandra Bennett
Encouragement· TCF

27 Dec

The most recent months s have been fraught with problems. I refuse to use the word "issue" as it always makes me think of the New Testament woman with the "issue of blood" who touched the hem of Jesus' robe. First the Honda's complete and total exhaust system needed to be replaced. Yes, ... Read More about Almost Year End 2021 (YAY)

Sabbath Keeping – loneliness

by Sandra Bennett
Encouragement· Sabbath Keeping

7 Nov

"TO MARY MARGARET McCASLIN: On how, after weathering a bereavement, one feels abandoned by God; on how God works on our behalf even when we feel He is inactive; and on the necessity of continuing to use the ordinary means of the spiritual life during times of extraordinary need. 2 August ... Read More about Sabbath Keeping – loneliness

Your absence is the sky and covers everything

by Sandra Bennett
Encouragement· Home

5 Nov

"When you are old and grey and full of sleep,                                                                                               and nodding by the fire, take down this book,                                                                                          and slowly read, and ... Read More about Your absence is the sky and covers everything

Sabbath Keeping

by Sandra Bennett
Sabbath Keeping

31 Oct

"It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by ... Read More about Sabbath Keeping

Saving Tuppence

by Sandra Bennett
Encouragement· Home

1 Oct

Dewena, at Dewena's Window, is a huge fan of Faith Baldwin whom I've never read. FB was a friend of Gladys Taber who is one of my favorites and today, on Miss Baldwin's 128th birthday, Dewena posted a poem. "I have come back to quiet ways; to      Things of silent wonder, instinct           with ... Read More about Saving Tuppence

CUT THE STRINGS

by Sandra Bennett
Encouragement· Farm

26 Sep

Recently, on social media, this photo caught my attention. Dave and I were so totally green at farming but God was (and is) good and kept us (me) safe and all the while teaching me lesson after lesson after lesson. One year we bought hay like the photo and it was enormous, easily weighing 1,000 ... Read More about CUT THE STRINGS

February was Tough but I Persevered

by Sandra Bennett
Encouragement· Farm· Home

18 Aug

After I post this, I'll begin answering your kind comments left lo! these many months. As you read, you'll begin to understand. Also, there's some glitch with adding photos so those will be added later. Hopefully. If you'd like to catch up March, April, May, June, July, and now August be sure to ... Read More about February was Tough but I Persevered

If Trouble Don’t Kill Me I Reckon I’ll Live

by Sandra Bennett
Farm

1 Feb

  ~ Sadie Beau Hunkous, my final heartbeat ~ If trouble comes in three's, the farm and I should be safe for a while. A very long while, please God. Today it was Sadie Beau Hunkous taking the rest of my battered and shattered heart. If you're one of those people who don't understand how ... Read More about If Trouble Don’t Kill Me I Reckon I’ll Live

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