Reflection

It is absolutely beautiful this morning. The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and there is no wind. Well, there is a slight breeze that you can see and hear in the willow trees in our backyard but that is more a visual prop for a beautiful morning! My computer says it is only 5 C which is so deceiving as it feels a lot warmer than that. It must be the sunshine! I sat outside with my coffee to read my bible and enjoyed the birds and the freshness in the air.

John is harvesting and he said it had rained so they were 'down' for a day but hopefully it would be sunny today and the wind would dry things and they would be back at it again! This morning, I was reading Psalm 65 (in particular 9-13) and thinking of farming at the same time (oops I guess I was distracted), however, these verses stood out to me:

YOU care for the land and water it; YOU enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so YOU have ordained it. YOU drench its furrows and level its ridges; YOU soften it with showers and bless its crops. YOU crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. The grasslands of the desert overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness. The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing.

How much closer can you get to visualizing harvest time than that!

I also had to dig up a few of God's creations in our front lawn again. They seem to enjoy the rainy weather. I had to dig out three mushrooms and I hope that is it for awhile. It is not a 'mushroom ring' simply the odd one here and there. Thankfully. Nevertheless, we don't want them on our front lawn!

Well, back to household chores...