Like a Tree...

Jeremiah 17:7,8

"But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; it's leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."



Clearly this is the reason that I have been able to walk this walk with very little bitterness and anger. I cannot imagine any other way - and I don't need to, I know. It's pure and simple and so much easier than without Him. I have found that, just like the scripture above states, I find myself reaching for the "water" and the "sun" and when I do I become stronger and more deeply rooted. It's very comforting.



My days aren't all sunshine and lollipops and feathering my nest with pretty little things while having deep spiritual healing but all things are easier because of Him. Today is a perfect example of a normal day:

• Little Miss is "sick as a puppy" in her words, stuffy, croupy, feverish and basically permanently attached to the sofa for the last 48 hours


• 70 year old neighbor lady stopped by to invite me to a community club meeting at her house tomorrow (won't be going - see above), to chat about new neighbors who have two young children and then rapidly began asking questions about when/if we're going to log, if the new survey markers are "ours", etc. etc. Told her I had no clue as the county can't seem to get the forest land/agriculture/what ever it is, paperwork right at this point. Conversation is crazy difficult as she's VERY hard of hearing - I'm still in my pj pants and a sweatshirt, she's already been down to the old school house to weed!


• Little R has a wicked arm (good), uses it to throw toys at sick sisters head (bad) and rarely misses (really bad)


• Little fluffy cat brought 'token of love' and I have no idea what kind of rodent it is... but you can bet I took a picture - discovered rodent on sidewalk when said neighbor had to step over it. She thought it looked like a mole - it's so not a mole, it looks to me more like a small ferret (not kidding) UPDATE: after calling my dad and sitting in front of Google images, I determined that the rodent was not a rodent after all... it was a WEASEL!!!


• Received the parts for the lawnmower which needed to be fixed - yay! Realized that I only ordered enough parts for ONE side - boo!

So, you see, there is a great deal of "normal" that occurs here but trust me, you don't want me to write about every time that we find a weird animal on this property, I have to answer the door in my pajamas or I have a sick kiddo... or maybe you DO because even when sick, they're awfully cute. It was quite nice to see a smile a bit ago. K didn't even hang around and chat when the neighbor stopped by today - that will tell anyone who knows her, how yucky she feels.

Anyway, it's all manageable when you're like a tree planted by the water...