9.1.15

September 01, 2015

Greetings from.....Oh wait...I'm still here in Kansas and still alive. Doing what I love. Working with and milking cows and more cows, anticipating the upcoming Kansas State Fair and the World Dairy Expo! And attempting to teach the kiddos again. Which has been going much more smoothly than last year. Even tho yes, I'd much rather be outside, it has been a great experience for me and I think I'm learning more than the kids. :) When God says 'He won't give us more than we can't handle' is very true. Because I really don't know how I've made it a year and now starting an other year helping the kids with school. Don't get me wrong, I just love spending time with my siblings and I love them to the moon and back, but teaching just isn't my thing. Thus it is a tremendous experience for me and teaching me so many things! God has a crazy way putting us through things to learn crazy amazing things!

I recently was at Ignite, a Church function in Illinois with around 400 people from 16 different states, worshiping 1 Great God! I can't even begin to explain how much of an amazing weekend it was or how many things God taught me, or how beautiful the singing was, or how many things I learned. But one of the things that stuck me was Saturday evening after the speaker and time of worship we were all sent out around the camp and instructed to take a candle with us as we went out to each have a time alone in prayer and talking to God. And I had to think as I was walking away with my candle in my hand searching for a quite place to sit, this is probably somewhat how God is looking at me. Holding me in the palm of His hand shielding me with His other hand so my some flame does't go out as I walk against the wind. And I have to believe that's what He's doing with me. I have this burning flame inside of me that He put there when I asked Him to enter my heart when I surrendered my life to Him, and when I am wandering around in this life going through wind and storms, He's there shielding me and protecting me so I don't lose hope!
It also leaves me in awe of how so many people gather together and we all don't know each other but we know we have the same beliefs and we can have a heart to heart talk minuets after meeting another. And worshiping and praising God with such passion and humbleness that you get the shivers and tears in your eyes. Such an overwhelming feeling, and its amazing. How I wish everyone could experience the unspeakable gift, if only they give it up and let God take control.

In other news, its hard to believe its already September, corn silage is chopped, school has started, and fall is gonna be here before we know it! I find it funny, how we always talk about how fast the year is going, the days getting short/longer, the time change, and we or at least I have a conversation with someone about this fairly often. And yet it happens every year! Over and over again the same things happen! But then we can be or should be so very grateful that there's one thing that doesn't change and that's the Almighty. He has been, is and will always be the same! And He always makes a way for us when we think we are never going to have enough 'summer break' to get all we want to get done.