Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Doing "Hard Things"

Source:  Ruth in the Barley field, The Children's Bible


 I will obey, even if it is really hard!  That is what Ruth must have been thinking, and I know that feeling!

I had to rake the yard today.  Both yards, the front and the back.  By myself.  No one to help me.  This is the time I wish I had 6 Siblings!  But I am an only child.  I tease my Mom and tell her this is an Urban Work Farm, NOT a home.  But both my Mom and Dad work really hard, too, so I can't really complain that much.   I just have to DO it... Rake and Rake and Rake some more.  


View out my back yard

But today, after I got over the fury of having to WORK so long and hard, I started to enjoy myself!  I love breathing in the scents of fall.  My Mom is an Herbalist, and so there are many neat plants growing all around that have the most fragrant scents.  I roam around, crushing plant leaves in my hand, smelling the delicious odors of the herbs.  

Yellow Rose still blooming
 
Even though it is Autumn, my Mother's roses are still blooming.  They are really beautiful!  And the leaves... their rainbow of colors are wonderful!  
Psalm 16:5 says 
 "Oh Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance
 and my cup, You maintain my lot." 

A shelf in my Dining room at our house