Be Ye Separate

Canopy of Grace:)

Blessings!

   I have been enjoying our warmer days this past week under a beautiful canopy of trees behind our home.Sitting at our garden table with it's own little umbrella mostly to keep the leaves and such from dropping onto the table and subsequently into our food:)

From this table I can enjoy our little bucklings and the beginnings of our garden that will sustain us through winter once it is harvested and put up for human use:)

After a stroll to the barn to check on our Nubian does who are due any day now. You can see our table in the distance where many an idea has been shared. Mornings spent in quiet devotion. Listening to the rush of the river just beyond the stand of trees. Hearing the song of the crickets, cicadae, chirping and rejoicing of the myriad of feathered friends.

   I find a sense of peace and contentment in this canopy of God's nature. I can't help but wonder at the awe of the Lord's amazing Grace. Grace that He offers as a canopy of love over us all. Chances given to hear HIS song, HIS touch, HIS rejoicing. I am humbled.

   I ponder the reality that we are only renters of this splendid land and are blessed with Christian landlords who trust strangers like ourselves to care for their home in this land of wonder and amazement. It simply reminds me that, just like being temporary tenants of this home, so too are we temporary tenants of this God created wonder. As He trusts us to care for it and rejoice in it's splendor.

   Thank you Father for all that You have given to us in our breath of a life here on this beautiful earth. Giving us hope for an eternal future with You. I can't help but wonder...how much more beautiful is heaven? You have given me such an amazing gift here on this earth and I am so undeserving of anything more. Thank You!

   Enjoy your temporariness. Be blessed in His daily presence in the wonderful quiet moments when His creation whispers His love for you under His Canopy of Grace.

God be with thee!

Sister Lori

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{ 16:41, Thursday, June 19, 2008 } { Posted by stitchesbyteresa }

Do you know that just today in my prayers, I said the same thing you did...I, too, was humbled and was in wonder that heaven would be even more splendid than what God has created here! Your pics are just beautiful.

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{ 19:12, Thursday, June 19, 2008 } { Posted by Kitty }

It's all so beautiful, Gods work. You should get a hamock to hang between those two trees. I bet that would be fantastic to lay there and stare up at the clouds. .........Kitty

~~~A lovely thought, however, those trees are much farther apart than it looks in the picture:P We are looking into perhaps purchasing a freestanding hammock but we'll see. I just love being out there. It's my spiritual therapy:)
God be with thee!
Sister Lori

Edited by SisterLori on Friday, June 20, 2008 at 00:31