Costa Family Farm

Maple Blessings

Posted by Allison (Mommie)

It never ceases to amaze me how God takes care of us and supplies for our every need.

We have been getting our winter’s supply of seasoned wood deliveries yesterday and today. The man selling to us is brother to a baseball coach my oldest son once had. He and his wife own Morgans. His wife manages our favorite excellent restaurant in the next town. Most of all, the man was happy to see how our boys got right to each pile he dropped off, and had it thrown in the wood shed before he came back with the next load.

(They get 2 cents per log. It adds up!)

Yesterday, one son came out with a complimentary dozen farm eggs for our wood man and his family. This morning Mr. Wood (as I’ll call him) brought us ½ gallon of his family’s maple syrup, tapped, collected, and boiled down by them this past spring, of course. It is the best we’ve ever tasted! I was just making oatmeal (organic, with our blueberries mixed in) and we poured the maple syrup right on. It was delicious!

 Well, later in the day I was just realizing I’d have to go out for bread (too late to make any, and I also mean in the bread machine) when Mr. Wood came back with his final delivery, and what did he bring? A loaf of maple cinnamon bread from his wife’s restaurant of employ, along with a container of maple butter! The bread had just come out of the oven.

We had all just finished a scant tuna fish lunch, and did that bread ever go down well! I didn’t even have to leave to get more bread.

God uses people so often to bless us. It reminds me to try and not weary in doing good for others. We don’t give of our time to others as much as we used to: it’s all invested in the children, homeschooling, and life! But we still do manage to do good deeds for others occasionally. In that respect, God also provides, because often our helping of others is something laid before us suddenly.

I ran and got a bag of our frozen blueberries for Mr. Wood. Next week we plan on going to see his end of the wood operation. My boys are very curious about the conveyor belt which he uses to load his truck. Next year, they might help him load.

 Since our guys count the logs to get their pay, it will be fun to tell Mr. Wood he brought us a total of 2,702 logs.

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10:16 PM, Thursday, September 21, 2006 .. Posted by southernbelle

What a wonderful day yall had! All those good things to eat...from the fresh eggs to the blueberries and everything inbetween. And you are right about serving others...we can never out-give God can we!
I pray for more days full of blessings for you and yours.

What a neat post!

10:31 PM, Thursday, September 21, 2006 .. Posted by MissionaryMom

It is so neat when people bring unexpected gifts - and yummy homemade ones at that, isn't it? What a blessing!

Carol

I love it when God does that...

06:37 AM, Friday, September 22, 2006 .. Posted by panshrmu

we live in a small community in Taiwan and I love it. We have had times when God has used others to literally feed us and my kids just are marvelled at how God works. We have a close relationship with many business people here (though they aren't Christians....buddhist actually), and they are so wonderful to us from the restaraunt lady sometimes not charging to the pharmacy lady giving us special things. God truely takes care of his own (and the stuff you all got sounds wonderful....I am hungry now!!)