Cute Kitty

Although we do not have this kitten anymore, :( I thought these were really cute pictures.  This is Button and this is why offices have a door. 



She was having a blast watching the ink container go back and forth.  I love how her front legs are on the stand, but her back end is sitting on the printer!  Kittens are soooo much fun!  We are down to 1 cat again. so hopefully we can get some more.  Joshua needs a new wood project, so he can build them a house to keep them out of the way of predators.  Although they have the barn, shop, lean-to's, house.....

Love,

Rebecca

God's Blessings

What an amazing year this has been.  A time of healing.  I never thought we would actually see the end of the valley we have been walking.  Yet, all I had to do was look up.  Sometimes you get to where all you are looking is where you will place your foot next.  When you really need to look up and ahead to see the Light. 

A Dear Friend of mine sent me this beautiful 2-page, front and back letter of encouraging words.  That was all that was in her letter, encouraging words.  I was so blessed by the letter, beyond comprehension.  I felt like it was a soothing balm on my soul.  I just read it and cried as she encouraged me that any trial you go through just makes you stronger, that my Savior is still there, waiting for me to sing and praise Him.  I cried as she reminded me that I need to stay strong for my family, that I need to be an example to my siblings.  Something I am afraid I have not been doing. 

Through these last couple of years, I tried staying strong.  Sure I had my down days, but I was strong.  You have to be at times.  But after the sale of the ranch fell through, I don't know what happened.  I was so weary, had been for so long I didn't think I could make it.  Then God blessed me with this letter from a friend reminding me that I was strong- through Him and Him only.  That I could make it through.  That this was just for a season- and I truly believe it is almost over.  I was so overwhelmed that someone would actually write me a 2-page letter with nothing about themselves.  It came at the perfect moment when I need that.  God knew just when I would need that perk to keep me going. 

I am still not perfect, and I covet your prayers.  I really just want to stay in bed and cry.  Usually I just get up and cry.  But life goes on and you have to keep going.  You have to put one foot in front of the other.

Although I have made it sound so sad, it truly has been a good year.  God has blessed us in sooo many ways!  My mom did a good post for that here.  We have had to feed our cows for much longer than usual because there is so little grass.  We have been feeding them twice as much as we normally do, 3 times a week.  Yet would you believe we have always had cubes in our feed bin since winter?  Yes!  Our God has kept us full of cubes so that we can help our cows and we have not had to order feed!  The gentleman who takes care of the yearlings is also feeding cubes, though not as much and not as often and he has had to refill.  I still just get that overwhelmed feeling when I think of it.

Read my Mom’s blog to hear the rest of what God is doing in our lives.  He truly has reminded us of His great Love.  Another friend of mine told me that in the Bible when it talks about Joy it also talks about it defeating satan.  When you have Joy in our Lord, where is room for him?   I have been trying to find Joy so that I do not let satan gain the victory of the moment.  It makes so much sense, when you are joyful satan doesn’t have room in your heart.  The moment you become discontent, angry, bitter, he just moves right in.  Ugh, now to go and do it!!!!

I pray that the Lord shows you His mighty Hand today!
~Rebecca

Rain?!

We are actually getting something we haven't had since November (if our calculations are correct).  Moisture.  We are Raining here!  So far we have had about 3 tenths and it is still stormy.  Thank you Lord! 

Another beautiful thing we get to see today was a rainbow.  I thought it quite funny that I had just read about God's promise proclaimed through our beauty.  One of God's unfailing promises.  Praise Him for those- for I can't keep my promises like that. 

Wondering at our GOD,
Rebecca

What Do You Think?

I found this quote in one of my notebooks.  I thought it rather thought-provoking. 

"The apple tree doesn't make an apple by thinking/becoming

an apple; it does so by becoming a tree."

What do you think this means?

In Christ,
Rebecca

Sewing Days

We have some good friends who live on a farm and grow some wonderful beans and corn!  The young ladies of the said family asked Sarah and I to help them learn to quilt.   We have now had 2 sewing get-togethers and have finally finished 1 quilt top!  (When you get 5 girls together it is hard to stay concentrated on the sewing that needs to be done....)  We have watched many, many movies.  Ate waaayyy too much!  had lots of junk food, and in general, had a fabulous time.  :D  They have another house on their farm, and we were able to use my Nana's house while she went to Washington to visit my aunt and uncle. 
I am not sure how much they learned, but we did have fun.  Here are some pictures from our last get-together.

We played on my Nana's Wii game.  

  Here are the blocks all finished.  We made a scrappy quilt with all of their scraps!  It sure turned out really cute.  :)  For the finished quilt we just added some big blocks of material.

Getting some Sewing done

Sarah made her wonderful muffins!  (You should post the recipe!)

All of our "Junk" food!  I think we will not do as much next time.....

The Finished product!  This is one of the young ladies....

And this is Sarah's. 

We sure had a great time.  We need to get together again (or twice!) to finish quilting.  I don't know what we will do next!  It is a really fun time  to be able to get together with other godly young women and do a project and just have some fun together.  It was fun.

In Christ's Amazing Love,

Rebecca

P.S.  I have not added any faces of the young ladies as there has been a hijacker going around and stealing people's faces to do ungodly things.  (I tried to do Sarah's blurry).  If you notice friends saying nasty things on your blog it may be the hijacker.   ~RLH

What Makes a Dad

I thought this was so cute and very appropriate! 

What Makes A Dad

God took the strength of a mountain,
The majesty of a tree,
The warmth of a summer sun,
The calm of a quiet sea,

The generous soul of nature,
The comforting arm of night,
The wisdom of the ages,
The power of the eagle's flight,

The joy of a morning in spring,
The faith of a mustard seed,
The patience of eternity,
The depth of a family need,

Then God combined these qualities,
When there was nothing more to add,
He knew His masterpiece was complete,
And so, He called it ... Dad

- Author Unknow

Blessings,
Rebecca

The Diary of an Old Soul

A Dear Friend recommended this book to me so I bought it.  It wasn't quite what I was expecting, but I have really enjoyed it!  It is by George MacDonald (How can you go wrong there?!) and is 366 poems.  One for each day of the year.

Here are a couple that were really soothing the other day after the news of the ranch.

'Tis that I am not good--that is enough;
I pry no farther--that is not the way.
Here, O my potter, is they making stuff!
Set thy wheel going; let it whir and play.
The chips in me, the stones, the straws, the sand,
Cast them out with fine separating hand,
And make a vessel of Thy yielding clay.

Only, my God, see thou that I content Thee-
Oh, take thy own content upon me, God!
Ah, never, never, sure, wilt thou repent thee,
That thou hast called thy Adam from the clod!
Yet must I mourn that thou shouldst ever find me
One moment sluggish, needing more of the rod
Than thou didst think when thy desire designed me.

Isn't that beautiful?  It sets so many things back into perspective.  It doesn't help the ache, but it does make you realize that every scratch and hurt is just making a beautiful design that only the Master can see.
If you haven't read George MacDonald I really recommend him.  Even his fiction have many nuggets of gold to chew and think upon. 

Blessings!
Rebecca