MY ORDINARY COUNTRY LIFE

Monday, August 26, 2013

I Can Feel It!

I can feel it...................

I can smell it....................

I can't wait to taste it...............

It's right around the corner.................

A change........

You may need some of this.....

leaves start looking like this....

You start cooking like this....

and this....

You make cozy corners....

and watch Alabama football!

You go to a fall festival....

and eat funnel cakes....

Ahhhh.....yes.....

hang in there....

it's almost here...

What are you looking forward to?

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Wax On......Wax Off

Well I'm back at the creepy camp with my husband but this time he brought a friend to help him.

What?

I help!

Apparently my yelling out the temperature every ten minutes is not considered "good" help.

So I get put in the back seat of the truck.

That's o.k........I am smart.....I brought my arsenal of books, water, camera and ipad.

So they get out to spray, or grow wheat, or burn or whatever it is that they do....and I just settle back and relax.

Well hello there little grasshopper...(I always think of The Karate Kid when I say grasshopper)

"Patience young grasshopper"

Do you mind if I take some photos of you?

Aren't you a cute grasshopper......(baby talk)...yes you are.....

I mean, how often can I get some really up close photos of a grasshopper?

Ummm......you seem to be staring at me grasshopper......

Waaaaaaa!!!!!!!!

Get off!!!!!!! Get off!!!!!!

Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

You bit me!!

Can grasshoppers bite?

Stupid grasshopper!!!

Oh....you think it's funny do you????

Well let's just ride out together into the sunset....like friends...yeah....friends....

I'd like to introduce you to my chickens when we get home...

Yes....they love to play games....;)

(no grasshoppers were harmed in this story....although I was tempted)

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Be Still....

(in honor of our very wet summer........God knows what we need and I will not question it.)

"BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD"

PSALM 46:10
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Friday, August 23, 2013

Judge Not Lest Ye....

As I was sitting outside this morning with my coffee and my Bible it seemed as if God was prompting me to share something on facebook.

So I did...

There was this girl......that I thought I knew sort of.....she got a divorce.....and a part of me judged.....I saw her going and doing......and she had kids (gasp) that she didn't spend every single moment with......I saw her lose weight......of course she is losing weight to attract guys......I saw her laughing and enjoying life.......I also heard all the gossip......look at her.....did she leave him?....she just got bored with him or does she have someone else?....poor ex-husband....then one day we had jury duty together.......we went to lunch......she told me her story......she was putting on a brave face.....she didn't want the divorce......her husband had problems but she doesn't want to talk about her ex badly.....people didn't know about his problem....she lost weight from nerves and trying to act strong for her kids......she went to the beach because her family absolutely made her go (her kids insisted)......she didn't want this life....she knows she hasn't done everything right....she's prayed.....she's cried.....she's worried about her kids.....she's worried about her ex......she talks to God all the time....she knows everyone is talking about her....she has lost good friends.....I am ashamed.....I listened to the gossip.....I didn't know the whole story (most people don't)....I judged....I didn't spend every single moment with my kids......I go and do and enjoy life.....I've not done everything right in my life.....at.....all......my holier than thou self didn't talk about her....but I listened....I didn't reach out to her.....I didn't call and ask her how she was doing and if she needed just to talk to someone...I didn't go to her house and pray with her....I missed the mark.....God doesn't ask me to be her judge......in fact, just the opposite.."Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen." Ephesians 4:29 Now I don't believe that I should encourage someone to get a divorce but I should be a compassionate friend and pray for them and be there for them. She couldn't take all the gossip and the judgement from her "Christian" town so she moved way up north. She goes to church in her new town and she takes her kids. She still loves her ex and he loves her. They are working on things. She loves God with all her heart and she is living with his forgiveness and his love and trusting in him every day. She's not perfect and neither am I. This is not anyone that you know........this is everyone that you know......you may be "her" or you may be "me" but we all need each other. "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you." Ephesians 4:32 So please forgive me everyone.....I am a work in progress....I will pray for you if you will pray for me...and we are blessed that we have a merciful and forgiving God.