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Salutaions to you all! I read an article in An Encouraging Word magazine the other day that really got my attention. It was entitled " Don't Be scared to try" I know these things but in my humaness I forget them. " When you realize you stink at organization, cry out in humility to God and then, on the heels of that confession take one huge step forward into " I can" because "He can" . I have repeated that over and over agian all day long everytime I felt tired or behind . It really helps. " When we are weak, then we are strong" for God's "power is perfected in our weakness" when we look to him in faith." ( 2 Cor. 12:9-10) "God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble" (James4:6) " I can do all things through God who strenghtens me" ( Phil 4:13) In this same article she goes on to give you examples of not being afraid to try. I have a beautiful sewing machine my husband got me several years ago. It is hardly been used due to time constraint and lack of knowledege about sewing. In the article she descibes her first few attmpts at making things and it has encouraged me enough to try. The patterns seem daunting but she just cut out around her favorite skirt leaving enough overlap for seams and sewed it! I have some matterial I have been wanting to use to make my DD shorts or skirts with so I will try this! Familarity breeds confidence and that is a first step! As soon as the garden is in and the animals situated. I am struggling with the farm as usual. With the lack of my DH help I am still strying to get the garden all in and tilled for that matter. My new herd of goat kids is still in one of the chicken coops. My 30 odd chickens are now sharing one coop at night with 7 goslings, my ducks are now sharing half of their little house with 10 ducklings. And I put our 10 chicks in a dog crate on the back porch last night. The poor critters are all crowded in. I must build stalls in the barn and get them moved. I have half the new garden area tilled and am planting feverishly ,the other half still isn't tilled. I have an idea how a single women farmer must feel. I wish my Dh was the farmer type like me but he definetly is not. So most of this is on god's shoulders and my own! I really feel this is what GOd wants me to do among so many things for my family, I want to to them all but really need his strentgh to do it. I wish it was today like it usede to be where people would help each other on their farms when a major task was needed to be done. Lord , I pray that you help me to remember that because you can do it I can too! It is your strength that will get the garden in so we have food with the high price of groceries. Your strenght that will get the stalls built and the fencing up and all the animals in their proper homes asap. Your strength that will help me get all my chores done early so we can go tho church tonight and your strength that will get the kids homeschool portfolios done so we can get our evalutions done next week. Without you Heavenly Father I am unable to do all this , I know that it is your will that you put me here, my purpose in life is to raise my kids wholesomely on a farm and grow our food and raise our food and teach your word and homeschool their precious minds . With you Lord I am strong! In Jesus Name I pray , Amen Enjoy the day that he hath made! Mama
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