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Auction Season

OH MY GOODNESS!  It is AUCTION SEASON!! 

 

Everyone has to have their weaknesses and our family's is going to auction sales.  I mean, it's been said that the Orr auction is a national holiday--although others say it's just a Bornemann holiday. At any rate, if at all possible, all interested family members pile into the pickup and head for the auction. They've even gone out in blizzards!!

 

 I usually pack them a lunch but last week when they decided to drive 3 hours to the Steffas auction in Fargo, they decided to buy some burgers from the food truck so that they'd get something warm in them.  I thought that was good.  It made me feel warmer knowing that they had warm food in their bellies while they walked through the rows and rows of farm equipment which someone had no more use for or needed the money from the sale of.

That one wasn't a very good sale as there was nothing that went cheap enough for our guys to buy.  That's ok, it's only the start of auction season.  There is no need to buy something at every sale, you know, it's the experience that counts!!

 

Usually the experience includes running into old friends and listening to them ramble with one ear as you listen to the auctioneer.  Once "Your" item is sold, of course, then the conversation can be continued with attention.  By "Your" item I mean the one that you drove a hundred miles to check out.  It never was yours but it was what drew you to the sale.

 

Our guys watch the auction house's fliers like I grew up looking at the Sears and Roebuck catalogues.  Supper discussion is often of which sale has which tractor or combine or .... listed!  It's VERY exciting and super addictive BUT what else is interesting when you live in the middle of nowhere and have Winter for half the year??????????

 

You can even buy items online.  There's a charge for doing so but it might save you a trip if you don't get the thing you were interested in. If, however, the online buyer DOES end up with the item, then he still has to drive to the auction site and pick it up.  Our guys bought a pay loader that way.  It didn't start, when they got there, but they managed to get it home and it is GREAT for pushing snow!!!

 

I went online to see if there was a poem about auction sale addictions.  I almost roared with laughter when I saw that there is an auction house down South called MY AUCTION ADDICTION!  That is so funny and certainly applies to my guys. 

 

 It's not just the guys, though.  I can recall mom and I washing the garden dirt off our hands and faces so that we could walk down the block to the household auction.  Who knows what kinds of treasures we might find?  There were ALWAYS treasures to be had for only a dollar!!!

 

I remember one time buying a little electric heater for my kitchen which looked just like a pot bellied stove.  I was so excited as it would take the chill off when I was cooking breakfast in the Winter mornings.  You must imagine my delight to get such a treasure for only ONE DOLLAR. 

 

However, as the auctioneer's assistant handed it to me, he added, "Oh by the way, the heater part wasn't working so they threw it out."  How my fellow treasure hunters laughed at my expression.  Well, anyway it's a nice planter and I've enjoyed it for several decades now.  See!

 

 

So, you know how I like poetry.  This one is from the seller's perspective but I've been that too.  I helped prepare for my grandmother Kusler's auction sale when I was in collage.  When Robert and I were dating, we helped with my grandfather Delzer's household auction. When Robert's folks sold their farm equipment, Robert helped with that.  Then, almost 10 years ago, my family and I helped prepare for my father's household auction.  I've been involved in several rummage sales so it's fun to see how much one can make with things that you have no more use for. 

 

However, it truly is much better to be the buyer!!!!  Oh the excitement to get a card with a number on it just like everyone else.  To hold it up, after spending $2 on a box of kitchen gadgets, is a THRILL!!  Then the SUPREME satisfaction of examining each item carefully and grasping the vast wonderfulness which has just come into your possession!!!  Just look at that nut cracker set--the third one I ended up with this Summer!!  lol

 

 I hope that you enjoy this auction poem and I urge you to get out this Summer and attend an auction near you!!  Just limit the amount you're going to spend, before you leave the house, and the joys you find there will never be forgotten!  I PROMISE--especially if you take along a friend!!

 

 

Grandma's Hand Sewn Quilt

 

When the auctioneer first shows it,
I feel a sudden piercing shock.
My grandma's hand-sewn antique quilt
Is on the auction block.
It is the lovely basket pattern
And her stitches are so neat,
It must have taken tedious hours
For my grandma to complete.

I have taken such good care of it
Since my daddy left it to me,
And I wrapped up in it often
When the day was dark and gloomy.
Grandma sewed in her initials
And the year that she had made it.
One hundred-fifty-two years of wear and age
Couldn't help but start to fade it.

Grandma didn't know the fortune
That her hand-stitched quilt could bring,
When it was held up as an antique
In a future auction ring.
My heart is truly hurting
And I cannot stop the tears,
For giving up the treasure
I have loved for all these years.

Grandma made it for her hope chest,
While my grandpa was at war.
The year was Eighteen Sixty three.
My grandma was twenty-four.
But I know Grandma would agree with me,
That the life of our little Nell
Is worth more than a beloved quilt.
It is the right time to sell.
There is so much history going with it,
To this quilt's lucky buyer.
I hope he bids a hundred thousand.
Or if we're lucky, even higher.

Come to Jesus

 

This is the photo of Jesus that I grew up seeing in my church and on people's walls in their homes.  I remember staring at it feeling comforted as I listened to the stories of how much Jesus loves us all.  It still brings me comfort today.  If you don't know Him personally, He is longing to be your friend.  Just tell Jesus that you're sorry for your sins and ask Him to cover them all with His shed blood on the cross.  Invite Jesus into your life and He will be your very best friend as He is mine and countless other folks around the world.  Just come to Jesus.

 

 

 

 

Come To Jesus

 

Isn’t there more to life?

Is this all there is?

Imprisoned by our need for control,

trapped by insatiable desires

for worldly pleasures,

we are oppressed by our desperate hunger

for approval and love

from everyone

except the One who loves us most.

Straining, fighting to release

a familiar yet unknown burden,

we struggle to flee the tension, the stress

from the inner knowing

that our lives are incomplete

without Him who created us.

Parched, thirsting for more, more, more

of something we can’t even define,

racing in the wrong direction,

we search everywhere

except the one place

where what we really want

can actually be found.

Turn around.

Come to Jesus.

He is hope;

He is joy;

He is freedom,

direction, and purpose.

Come to Jesus.

Let Him carry your burdens.

Surrender your pain to His love.

Turn from darkness to the Son,

to the beacon Who will always light your way.

Come to Jesus.

He is waiting...

waiting to lead you home.

By Joanna Fuchs

Swine Flu

Dear reader,

 

I've been very ill.  Nearly 3 weeks ago I got a terrible cough suddenly out of the blue. My son, Jacob, got it too.  Now, I'm VERY familiar with coughs of all kinds but there has never been a cough like this one!

 

On the third day of fever, nausea, and a cough that felt like it was ripping my lungs to pieces, I realized that there was something terribly wrong.  That was when I contacted my BodyTalk practitioner and learned that I had swine flu.  Jacob too!

 

Once we were aware of what we were dealing with, we began attacking it intelligently.  We used our big system to attack it.  We used our BETAR table to deal with the emotions involved.  I did BodyTalk and Body Code as best as my weary brain could manage.  My BodyTalk practitioner worked on me as needed.  Still the cough wouldn't stop.

 

The worst night Jacob and I were sitting up in the family room trying to stop coughing.  I had been crying out to the Lord for what else we should be doing.  We had been drinking Dr. Gundry's VITAL REDS for nourishment.  Then I felt the Lord urging me to add lemon juice to the Vital Reds and that's what did it.

 

We would cough then drink a sip of this mixture and our lungs would relax a few minutes.  Cough, sip, rest................  FINALLY we had found something that could tame that cough!  That's what made the biggest difference for us.

 

I had also started Rain products so I kept up with them plus we ate a lot of fruit.  Basically we laid in bed and coughed and rested for the past 2 weeks. 

We're not over it yet as there is still a slight cough.  The biggest concern for me was that Robert not get it as he was living with 2 people who were highly contagious.  I sprayed 2.5 water constantly around the house and so far he's not caught it.  Praise the Lord!

 

I wonder how many people are thinking that I should have gone to the doctor.  Well, to be honest, it did enter my mind but then I would do some more BodyTalk and the improvements encouraged me not to go and get drugs.  My body wasn't sick form lack of drugs and I certainly didn't need my immune system to get weaker due to the drugs doing it's job.  Then, too, I figured that the chemicals in anything that they would give me would do more harm than good. 

 

I'm not saying that someone who gets swine flu would be wrong to go to the doctor.  I'm saying that, for me, it would have done more harm than good with my chemical sensitivities.  Plus our finances would have suffered much more than they did as we do not have health insurance.

 

Anyway, Jacob and I have been sleeping very well for 3 nights now and the cough is a mere whisper of what it was.  Still, we take it seriously that we must rest and fully recover.  I would covet your prayers for a full recovery.

 

In the meantime, I share a song that blessed me as I lay on my sickbed.  Leave it to the Booth Brothers to offer comfort in a super special way.  I love them guys!

 

Rich blessings and thanks for the prayers,

Dawn

 

Great Release of Wealth

That title captured my attention as I prepared supper for my guys tonight.  OK, I'll admit that it burns me that my parents didn't put it in their wills that I was supposed to get the money from the sale of their house.  They probably thought that, since it was common knowledge within our family for the past 30 years, that my brothers would see to it that I would get the money when their house sold.

I have repented and repented and repented for being bitter about not getting a single penny of the house which was valued at $60,000.  That money would come in handy as our family grows and to deal with nutritional supplies to keep me going. 

Being I've listened to Robert Henderson before, and have read his book, I've approached God's throne many times.  It's truly life changing to learn how to repent before the throne of grace for all that's not right in my life. However, I had not thought of applying that to my finances.  After all, Christians are poor and that's good, right?

THIS VIDEO IS LIFE CHANGING!!  Please watch it if you are lacking in funds to do the things that you would like to do for the Lord.  So many times I have thought, "How I wish I was rich so I could bless those people."  However I never realized that it is GOD'S WILL that I be able to do JUST THAT.

Please watch this video.  IT'S AMAZING!!!  God wants us to have the funds to take care of all of our needs and to bless our families AND to bless all those around us!  Yes I am fully aware of the verses which teach that the love of money is the root of all evil.  I COULDN'T AGREE MORE HAVING BEEN CHEATED TIME AND TIME AGAIN BY EVL PEOPLE!

 

However, I think often of the parable of the sowers.  Jesus called the lazy servant evil for not using his talent to bless his master.  To sit and be fearful of using what God has blessed us with to make more to be used in the Kingdom, Jesus called evil!  May the Lord use ALL of my talents to bless others who are hurting! 

Lots of love,

Dawn

PS,  I am not aware of Patricia so I am not endorsing her books.  I am sharing Robert Henderson with you tonight as I have found him a true servant of the God of the Bible--the ONLY living God!