In His Hand

Trust in the LORD and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

Delight yourself in the LORD
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Commit your way to the LORD;
trust in him and he will do this:

He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn,
the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.

Be still before the LORD and wait patiently for him…

If the LORD delights in a man’s way,
he makes his steps firm;

though he stumble, he will not fall,
for the LORD upholds him with his hand.

- Psalms 37

I had my interview with College of the Ozarks today, thus making my application entirely complete. This means I will hear their decision in 2-3 weeks. Yikes!

If the Lord delights in my way, He will make my steps firm. Though I stumble I will not fall, for the Lord upholds me in His hand.

Sad news in a busy week…

It’s been a busy, hectic, crazy week trying to get together my college applications, school projects, etc. This last night one of our alpacas, Jarod, passed away. We’re not quite sure why – possibly from eating foxglove… possibly something else. So needless to say this has put a damper on today. And every hour of tomorrow is filled up.
Unconditional, like in the post a few days back. Unconditional peace. And the strangeness that somehow, by a miracle coming only from our Father, sadness resides with peace. Together. Just as within our Unfathomable God mercy resides with justice, humanity resided with almighty deity.
Peace. That’s what this season is all about, right? The manager and the cross. Emmanuel.

Brrrrrr!

The temperature has been hovering well below 30 lately – this morning it was in the teens. A large tub filled to the brim with rainwater sits in the pasture, so frozen you could ice skate on it! We are mainly untouched by the freezing cold indoors, our house kept (fairly) warm by our wood-burning stove. All of the wood-chopping my older brother has done through the summer is now paying off! Unfortunately our water system’s frozen right now… Upside? I don’t have to do the dishes! =D

With all of this cold my mind turns to the future. One year in the future, to be exact. I wonder how warm it will be in Missouri, where my college choice resides. It’s more south, but will probably not escape from the cold drafts and snow of winter!

This Christmas will probably be the last (for a while more, at least) when our whole family is together as well. My brother leaves end of January to start BASIC training in the army. I will (hopefully) be gone around July/August next year as well, starting to work hard to pay off my college room and board. There probably won’t be many presents under the tree – not nearly as many as in previous years. But I still hope our entire family cherishes this time together.

I hope your family has a marvelous Christmas as well. Cherish it, enjoy it, and display the love that you have towards one another.
=) Merry Christmas!