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Harvest

“The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun. Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it; and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof”. Psalm 19:1-6 Yesterday, as Jason and I drove Northbound I-95 we experienced the awesomeness of our creator. We watched the harvest moon rise, in all of its splendor. It began as an enormous orange ball rising in a moroon and starless sky. As it rose the orange melted off and was replaced by golden hues contrasting strongly with the sky's navy backdrop. By the time we arrived home the moon was full out in all of its ...

Renovations

I've been thinking a lot about renovations lately because J. and I are renovating our master bathroom. My heart has also been under some major renovations lately by our Awesome Creator. I'm amazed in both cases how renovations can only happen by an initial stripping down. Before new, beautiful changes can be made, the old junk has to go. This is the difficult and frustrating part of the process. With my heart, this is always the painful part. It hurts to let go of myself and allow the spirit of the Lord to purge, but that is what it takes. The same was true of our bathroom. The new flooring couldn't go in until the carpet came out, and once we discovered that the toilet was leaking, it had to come out to, there was nothing for it. As frustrating as it was, that was the only way to make it better. Now we are 3/4's of the way finished with the bathroom, and I'm hoping to get some finished product pics. posted in the upcoming week. I think that my heart has a ways to ...