Spring is showing up here on the farm. The dense underbrush is leafing out in a bright spring green…even though you have to look hard for it. The grass is looking more like a lawn and less like a mud bog. New bird calls are apparent every week. There was a skiff of snow on this morning, and we’ll still have quite a bit of cold weather, but the unmistakable signs of spring are doing their job and brightening my mood.
Sleeping in my own bed is just what the doctor ordered. You know how it is when you’re away from home…your bed feels like heaven when you get back. When I first came to the farm, the mattress was so awful. I didn’t know how long I was going to be living here so I bought a memory foam topper instead of a whole mattress/box spring set. Now that I know I’m here a while, I took the plunge a few weeks ago and bought a set on sale. At first I thought it was too hard so I put the topper on it. That was overkill and it hurts my back since the accident. So, off it came and now it’s just right.
The soft sound of the clock ticking in the other room, the gentle trickle of the creek outside the bedroom window, the owl hooting in a tree nearby all tell me I am home. These familiar surroundings reach back from my childhood and receive me in their loving embrace. I am comforted by my past…covering my present, slightly banged up, body and spirit like an old quilt softened by many loving hands.
In a little over a week, I’ll face the 4th Angelversary of Mr. Virgo’s death. The car accident last week certainly wasn’t on my agenda and couldn’t have come at a worse time. A friend sat with me in the ER that night and we wondered about the “why” of it all. God didn’t make this happen. But, He’ll use it to His glory. It has slowed me down. It has made me stop, yet again, and count my many blessings. It has made me more prayerful. And now, the sun is shining. Oh, be joyful and bring me some Spring! ❤️
“Let us acknowledge the Lord; let us press on to acknowledge him. As surely as the sun rises, he will appear; he will come to us like the winter rains, like the spring rains that water the earth.””
Hosea 6:3 NIV
Glad your home safe and sound Ginney
Thank you, Dale. Home feels good. ❤️
I think God lets things happen just to let us realize what we have and to get us to slow down, be quiet and listen to His plans for us. I hope you’re feeling better each day.
Thank you, Glo! I think I am feeling better every day. A ways to go to get back to great, but I’ll take better. ?
The seasons of our life are a lot like regular season changes. We are ready for the natural seasons to change, to bring different temps and different climate. In the seasons of our life we often are ready for changes, too. We want to get out of the slump we’re in, we want more energy, we want a change. Just like God controls the natural seasons He controls our life seasons. When He is ready we move on to the next season.
That’s a beautiful way of looking at it, Pam. Thanks for sharing! ❤️