Faith Farm

Anniversaries

Next Monday is our 13th anniversary.

Have you ever really wanted a year to be over? I'm looking forward to a "new" year in our marriage. This last year has been the most difficult one we've had. I lost a baby early on & then this summer we went thru a very difficult course of events in our relationship. I know it doesn't really matter what year we are in. Our lives continue & events take place regardless of the time frame. But still, the control-freak part of me just wants a fresh start. A new year where nothing bad has happened. And this year we are expecting our new baby. A fresh start with a new baby, doesn't that sound good to you?

Blessings.

Back Online again....several updates here

Needing a little help here

Hi again. I'm asking for a little help. As I mentioned I'm in the process of going gluten free and am looking for some good recipes that have been tried and true so to speak. I did type in gluten free on the home page and did come up with a couple but if anyone out there has any ideas, good recipes, or web site suggestions I'd really, really appreciate it. I've tried google but come up with sooooooo many sites and don't know which are good sites or not.

Thank you in advance for any help!!

Michele

Ok, I did find one website I like. Here it is:  http://www.gingerlemongirl.blogspot.com/

Daily Devotion 335

'Under God' pastor dead at 97

ALEXANDRIA, Pa. - The Rev. George M. Docherty, credited with helping to push Congress to insert the phrase "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance, has died at 97.

Docherty died on Thanksgiving at his home in central Pennsylvania, according to his wife, Sue Docherty.

She said her husband of 36 years had been in failing health for about three years.

"George said he was going to live to be a hundred and he was determined," she said in a telephone interview Saturday. "It's amazing that he was with us this long."

Docherty, then pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, just blocks from the White House, gave a sermon in 1952 saying the pledge should acknowledge God.

He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and was unfamiliar with the pledge until he heard it recited by his 7-year-old son, Garth.

"I didn't know that the Pledge of Allegiance was, and he recited it, 'one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all,'" he recalled in an interview with The Associated Press in 2004. "I came from Scotland, where we said 'God save our gracious queen,' 'God save our gracious king.' Here was the Pledge of Allegiance, and God wasn't in it at all."

There was little effect from that initial sermon, but he delivered it again on Feb. 7, 1954, after learning that President Dwight Eisenhower would be at the church.

The next day, Rep. Charles G. Oakman, R-Mich., introduced a bill to add the phrase "under God" to the pledge, and a companion bill was introduced in the Senate. Eisenhower signed the law on Flag Day that year.

It's December.......

Good morning everyone and Happy December 1st. Yesterday marked the first Sunday in Advent - what a joyous occasion. Our church is doing something new this year - our Christmas tree is being transformed to be a "family" tree. Each family will be bringing in an ornament representing the "true" meaning of Christmas - boughten, home made, ect... They will replace the Chrismons that have been placed on the tree for forever. I suggested using some of the prettier and smaller Chrismons too. It's in consideration. I'm thinking if they just stop using them there will be a division and that wouldn't be good.

I will be going to the storage unit on my way home this morning to pick up my holiday decorations. I'll get my tree this coming weekend - I'm off so will be perfect. I may suprise my niece and ask her to come along and help pick it out. I always go to a tree farm 15miles out - they have a nice variety, are fresh cut and if you don't find something you like that is already cut you can wander out to the field and he'll cut it for you on the spot. I've never paid more than $15 for any size tree. I'm going to go smaller this year as it's just me, the dog and the cat at home now.

I go for my diabetes check on Wednesday. I've a few things to talk over with my doctor. One of the things I've been researching is a low-no gluten diet. I'm thinking that may help my blood sugars since no matter what I eat seems to make them spike. I've totally banned white foods (breads, rice, ect) from my diet and it worked well for a while but the last 8 months it hasn't seemed to make much of a difference. I do have access to most all of the different things used in baking and cooking gluten free so won't have to order it from a company - that is fortunate and would make trying it much easier. To be honest, I'm also hoping it would help me feel better - I've been having stomach issues for about a year or more now and after reading up on this diet, I've been able to associate several issues to the gluten.  We'll see. The only down side if it were to be a permanant change is I've a LOT of whole wheat flours and such in my storage. Nobody in my family will use it so would have to find someone to give it to.

Well, it's order night so better get going. Wishing you all a blessed Advent season!

Todays Quote......Thomas Watson

Prayers for Jeanine Taylor and Family

Could you all pray for Jeanine and her family, they were so kind to us when we were expecting Daniel and they are experiencing a miscarriage. This is so hard on the children as well they were so excited as they had lost one baby stillborn in 2007.  Their excitedness when we were expecting daniel was shown in pictures drawen and the gifts sent to us.  I can only imagine how hard this is on the whole family. Please pray for her to be able to pass everything on her own and that all will be well physically and that the Lord would heal their hearts.

Jeanine, I am here praying if you read this know that I am so sorry and yet I am so thankful to you Sis.

Your loved and cared for....

Linda, Mark, Faith, Hope, Daniel Josiah...

Too Many Books... help!

I am looking to reduce some of my books that I have in my house.  I have a goal of emptying one bookshelf so that I might put something else on that shelf. 

I am trying to find places online that I can post the books for free.  Currently I use Half.com, Paperback Swap, and Cash4Books.net. 

Does anyone know of other book places?  Can be exchange sites as well as I tend to exchange for books for our church library and donate them.  The basic need is that they are "Free postings!". 

Thanks for any help!

Warmly, ~Melissa

Merriment.....

Dearest Readers,

Thank you for stopping by Honey Hill Farm.  As you can see there is much merriment here on this little homestead.  Garlands are being strung, trees decorated with antique ornaments and of course, the stockings will be hung by the chimney with care. Even this dear blog has been dressed in holiday frippery!

Would you like a Holiday Tour of Honey Hill?  If so, would you be so kind as to leave me a comment.  I also would love to share some of our favorite recipes and craft ideas.

This is such a blessed season, full of the Holy Spirit.  Let us share our hearts, homes and happiness as we celebrate Christmastide.

Yours kindredly,

Shan