It's a brand new week and it's going to be a busy one--like they all are. Produce needs to be put up for Winter; family and clients need to feel better; the wheat still isn't all combined due to recent rains; and then there's Fall cleaning. Did any of you grow up doing Fall cleaning when every single item in the house had to be taken out and cleaned, repaired, or discarded? It's a great idea but who has time to do it?
ANYWAY, Summer is waning and I don't want to admit it--like usual! If I could just squeeze it a little bit harder then it won't leave, right?
Here's a poem about Summer that I hope you all will like. I suppose that those of you in the Southern Hemisphere are getting excited about it's approach. For us here, we feel it leaving us and I, for one, am grieving.
Last night Robert and I took some friends out for supper in honor of their 45th wedding anniversary. We wondered together where the years have gone. How can it be that we're in our 60's? Later, after ice cream at their house, they showed us pictures of their wedding day and they looked like kids! I suppose we did too!!
I pray that you all have a safe and productive new week. I pray that you grasp the value of each day of life you've been given. I hope that you will love those around you like never before as they ARE what matter-- no matter what season of the year it is or what season of life you find yourself in.
I ask for continued prayers for our family. I hope that you like this photo of Summer on the Great Plains. This isn't our farm, as we're not growing sunflowers any more, but I've always liked the sight of sunflower fields. Aren't they gorgeous?
Here's a poem for you poetry lovers.
Natures beauty - a gift from God
The clouds weave in and out
of the sky's embrace,
Blanketing the sun
yet exposing its glorious power.
Nature dances and sings
like a magnificent talented orchestra,
Showing its beauty
through the seasons of
The Winter's snows,
the Summer's warmth,
the Spring's new beginning,
And the Autumn's downpour of leaves.
Like a newborn baby,
each day arises
and the sun is reborn--
Accepting all those
who embrace its glory
and gift of life,
As does the moon
provide a light
in the darkened skies,
To make a path
through the midnight blackness,
Blending in with it
are stars like fireflies.
This world,
this beauty of nature and life
is a gift from God--
For those He has created
to love and embrace it.
I embrace this life God has given to me today. Even though Summer is waning, I'M ALIVE!!!! Very soon I will celebrate my 12th anniversary from the day I died and knocked on the door of Heaven asking to be let in. I'll always remember that moment.
It was after 3 months of relentless pain in my neck moving up into my head. An angel came and told me that it was shingles on my brain. This led to 750 beestings to keep living and finally BodyTalk which healed my nerves and saved my life. Here's a link to my story from that awful time of my life: http://linkstohealing.blogspot.com/p/in-july-of-2006-we-were-in-middle-ofthe.html
I praise God for saving my life!! I praise God for all of the Summers that He's helped me to say goodbye to and all the Autumn's he's blessed me with since 2006 when I lay dying. The Lord is merciful to His children. Blessed be the name of the Lord,
Have a great week serving the Lord,
Dawn
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