Life on PatchWork Acres

This morning in my quiet time I read Proverbs 31:10.....Who can find a virtuous and capable wife? She is more precious then rubies. Wow....Rubies....precious jewels....Am I that ?.....I am thankful for a husband that thinks so and treats me like I am HIS precious jewel..... I am thankful that HE: Encourages me... when I am discouraged......... Cries with me... when I am sad......... Dances with me... when I am happy........ Prays with me ...when I lose my way....... Polishes me ... when I feel dull...... Am I blessed ?....YES Do I feel treasured ?.....YES  Am I spoiled ? ........afraid so.........

 You can tell fall is here even though it was quit warm today....The pecans are falling heavy and the goats are slowing up on milk.I also am not getting enough eggs to sell.Just enough to provide for our family......It also has been really busy in the shop this week.Trying to fill all the orders coming in.I do not want to fall behind.....As I was milking this morning I noticed it is time to trim goat hooves and fall clean my barn.    I also have started making goat milk kefer and I must say it is delicious....and fresh every morning...I will show you how this works in the near future.It is also time to make the winter soap and can the dry beans that have been waiting.....     We have a fresh batch of baby chicks .27 Red Star that should be laying by the spring.I have to say I am loving the long evenings already.Getting caught up on some reading projects and crocheting cotton wash clothes to go with my soaps. Here are some of the projects I was doing in the sh...

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I have opened a small home business, painting on pallet wood and other crafts and wood work....With winter coming on and the milking slowing down...I have a little time on my hands some days.With the long evenings it gives me time to design and dream a little....Just thought I would share a little of what is going on these days. If you want to see some of the things going on in the shop just check out....www.facebook.com/CraftBlessings ...The name of the business is PatchWork Blessings. Come check it out!!!

As I was milking this morning my mind was wondering.....How so often in life we have tribulations and valleys,stumbling blocks that seem to be in our way of growing and spreading our wings.   But what if instead of looking at them as always trials and negative things,Why not say "Lord what is it I can learn and take with me that I couldn't learn any time else.....what if every trial was like a board and we just picked it up, and every temptation was like a nail and we got to keep it when we were victorious...but then I thought my, my, before long I would be so burdened down with all my nails and boards I couldn't move...but then God reminded me in my ramblings, that He will carry my burdens...But I don't wont to forget everything I learned thru this I kinda argued with him....he gently reminded me that  wont because I will need them...because every trial that we allow him to teach us some thing instead of me kicking and screaming...I was gathering valuable things that...

      I was out choring tonight and was headed for the garden to pick beans....I noticed a patch of weeds and thought of the fact that they needed pulling but I just don't have time...I stopped thinking ,you know if I get them while they are small it wont take as long...and just because I ignore them it will not make go away....so I stopped and pulled them...it didn't take long, not because there wasn't many...there was a lot...but they were small....my mind started wondering...and I began pondering on this....weeds like sins if not taken care of immediately while they are small...can take tremendous hold in my life....yes...My hands went back to the task of weeding but I kept pondering the thought.....If I mulch them heavy I wont have to weed this area for rest of summer....then my mind again went to the weeds of our lives....mulching with Gods Word would do the same in my spiritual life....the more of Gods Word I dig in and apply the less weeds will come up...and when t...

Another blessed day here on PatchWork Acres....Dehydrator full of zucchini squash, some cubed and some grated.....thinking this will be a nice addition to add to recipes...a handful into soups ,and chicken and dressing....also have a canner going full of green beans...yes the garden in producing full blast....I also have an incubator full of eggs and they are busily chirping and hatching....sounds kinda hectic here....    and I was feeling stretched thin...but I got to thinking...This is the day the Lord hath made...I WILL rejoice and be glad in it....Rejoicing is a choice....I can look at the things around me and drown or I can keep my focus on Jesus and choose thankfulness instead....When I choose to be thankful and yes even make myself Praise the Lord...I can actually feel the tenseness drain from my body.....I am glad that I have a heavenly Father that cares....I know if he sees every sparrow that falls...and he knows even how many hairs I have on my head..( and how many ...