Home & Homestead Living
~ a shepherd’s flock ~ 1. In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter Long ago. 2. Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him Nor earth sustain; Heaven and earth shall flee away…
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~~ creative use of round hay bales ~ Wasn’t it wonderful, having Christmas fall on a Saturday? A lot of people got Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and the day after, Sunday, off. We stayed put and my family came to us. It was the first time in years Mother, Daddy, my brother and sister, one of her son’s, Dave and…
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~ Dry Run Creek ~ “Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.” ~ Luke 6:38 ~ “Lord, I crawled across the bareness to you with my empty…
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~ the reason for the season ~ And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up…
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~ Christmas lights on the fly ~ A couple of miles away, are three or four houses decked, and I mean decked, for the holidays. I’m not sure they could get even a candy cane amongst what they already have in their yards and on their houses. For decades, Richmond has been know for their “tacky lights” and “tacky lights…
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~ blood moon ~ If you weren’t awake around 2 or 3 a.m. EST this morning, you missed the Christmas Lunar Eclipse. I almost missed it but God woke me at 2:22…love the symmetry, don’t you?…and after a mild “oh yeah, I’m sure it’s wonderful” and a roll over, He said, “are you sure? I’ve not done this since 1638…
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~ full moon beauty ~ In over two thousand years, tonight is only the second Christmas lunar eclipse; the last was in 1638 and the next one will be in 2094. This means that on the 2010 winter solstice there will also be a lunar eclipse! I don’t know about you but that gives me pause and whether or not…
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~ Maiden Spring ~ “Call to me and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.” ~ Jeremiah 33:3 ~ “All who call on God in true faith, earnestly from the heart, will certainly be heard, and will receive what they have asked and desires, although not in the hour or in…
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Two traveling angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay in the mansion’s guest room. Instead the angels were given a small space in the cold basement. As they made their bed on the hard floor, the older angel saw a hole in the…
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~ Carly Shetland and visitors ~ ~ Bud, blacksmith ~ ~ Robert, bee keeper, bear and rattlesnake hunter ~ ~ Clinton, shepherd and farmer ~ ~ Gracie, Abbie, Dave, Sandra ~ Blessings ~ all the above and so many more ~ Merry Christmas, Sandra
~ 2009 snowstorm ~ “Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.” ~ Romans 12:12 ~ “Is it possible for any of us in these modern days to so live that we may walk with God? Can we walk with God in the shop, in the office, in the household, and on the street?…[Religion] should be more than…
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