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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Summer Haze





Summer is such a lively season. There is so much to do for fun and work. It seems to go on forever, but at the same time it seems so very short.
We are in the middle of the busy time in our gardening. All the rain we had this spring and early summer have produced a bumper crop of weeds this year. It seems to be such a battle to just keep them down. We are working very hard a making layers of soil, compost and straw to elimate this in the future. But the work can seem endless sometimes. The blessing is when you see all those canned goods waiting for the cold winter. It's worth the hard work.
The girls have enjoyed the summer so far with swimming, traveling, movies and now its fair time!! It's always a busy time, but lots of fun. All the trips to check in projects, demos, volunteering and cotton candy. It always seems kinda like summer is over when the fair ends. You know that it is time to think about school and all the fall activities.
With all the activites and work it seems extra important that we take time to see God in all the
things around us. For God is not a God of disorder but of peace 1 Corinthians 14:33 We can get so caught up in what we should do that we forget about His peace. I am trying extra hard right now to rest in that peace, and work on making out family not a family of disorder. Only with his grace can I achieve that task.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011


We witness a miracle every time a child enters into life.

But those who make their journey home across time and miles,

growing within the hearts of those who wait to love them,

are carried on the wings of destiny and placed among us

by God's own hands. ---Kristi Lawson


Sunday, January 23, 2011

His Perfect Will


I do not ask, dear Lord, to see

All things that lie ahead of me;

Nor do I ask to understand

All thine immortal mind has planned;

To know where I shall lay my head,

From whence shall come my daily bread;

But rather let me know Thy will,

And hear thy tender, "Peace be still."

I dare not ask that thou would'st keep

The waters back that round me creep.

And terrify my soul anew - -

Just hold my hand while I pass through.

I do not ask that thou shouldest quench

All round about, this fiery trench;

Though rising flames may cause alarm,

Thy Word has said they shall not harm

And if I ask Thee to dispel

These trials that my spirit quell,

Perhaps I'd miss a blessing rare

That I should have encountered there,

A lesson that I needed well,

A chance to lead some soul from hell,

A new expression of Thy grace,

A precious look into Thy face.

And so, to Thee, who made me whole,

I give the keeping of my soul.

Thy riches and Thy grace are free,

Perfect that which concerneth me!

Barbara Cornet Ryberg