Praises

Although I've never been much of a writing type of person I always appreciate the moments of my life when I get really excited about dedicated journaling. I've always been more of a concrete thinker than an abstract contemplative thinker. However, I love the stages I've gone through when thinking, questioning, and recording thoughts have been a priority. Honestly, the past year of my life, I did not spend much time recording such thoughts. As I look back in my journal I am still in the same journal that I started 4/27/08. It's not even very big but it's taken me quite some time to finish it up. But over the past couple of weeks I have finally made the time to journal, to record praise moments of life, to list joys, to contemplate scripture, to pray. All I can say is God continues to bless my life. Although much of life doesn't always make sense and I am still quite uncertain just where he is taking me, I feel his presence and I feel his blessings.

Praise God for:

• Continuing to share life at Three Roods Farm
• Learning opportunties in organic gardening, planting garlic, harvesting potatoes
• Day trip to Frankenmuth, MI on a day off including German food delight, fudge samples, bread samples, wool yarn shops
• Pumpkin Raisin cookie with cream frosting in Frankenmuth
• Columbiaville Chili Cookoff - so fun to sample and judge the town's best chili makers
• Sunrise on a Frosty morning
• Wildlife on a morning walk
• Earth Prayers
• Sabbath Day
• Chicken soup straight from the farm
• French Toast with apples crisp and black current sauce on top
• Spiritual sharing time
• Roasted root vegetable medley
• Hour long conversations with old friends
• Answered prayers
• Hanging out with youth after school, playing some really great board games
• Quiet time on a regular basis
• Changing of seasons evident in beautiful landscapes