Last week of may: Family Farm Life Lessons
Hi, it's me N.C.R. here again. How has your week, this last week of may, been? How have you used this week? How did you allow God to use you this week? How have you used this week for the glory of God? If you haven't noticed I have been busy this week producing godly resources and sharing a new blog post every day this week. Also earlier this week I created myself a Patreon account (www.patreon.com/nonresistant) where you can get early news and sneak peeks on different things I am working on. Next week I start work on a secret project that I will share more about on Patreon, so you may not hear as much from me on the Sunshining Blog. My biggest prayer for this summer is that it is a productive one. But what makes a summer productive? I have many projects that I am working on over the summer, and some big plans. But enough about that for now. I will keep you updated about different things I am working on over the summer, and I may write a blog post about what makes a summer or even a day a productive one. Today I just wanted to share some from my week. Monday - Written Monday Evening The week started off with a boom. It always seems to. My brother Sam was gone for the weekend. While he was away the goats got out of their pen. He was and is the main person in charge of the animals. So we waited till he got back to put them back in their pen. It sure was a fun struggle to put them back in their pen. I put so much effort into getting one goat into the pen. I wonder when have I ever put that much effort into sharing Christ with one person, and saving one person from hell? How much effort do you or have you put into saving one person? After I put one goat into the pen, I felt like I had done my job or good deed for life. But there were still other goats out. I wonder how often we do that as Christians? After we save one person do we feel like we have done enough? But how many of us can say that we have even saved one person? I know I can't think of anybody I saved. And I think once we start. For example let's say I did save someone. I do not think that I would want to stop saving people. Tuesday - Written Tuesday Evening Wow! Another fun and busy day here at the Renfore Farm(Did you know you can find our place on google maps by searching for either Renfore Christian Library or The SunShining Ministry) is nearly over. Woke up at around 6:00 a.m. Had morning devotions. Helped milk the cow. Ate breakfast. Helped with school a little. Did a few other various things. Had lunch. Published a new blog post. Updated a few headers on The SunShining. (If you are reading this on the sunshining blog you probably noticed.) Help with a few other various things. Had supper. Helped milk the cow. And now I am writing this. (Today was fairly similar to yesterday, except for the fact that yesterday I went to the cemetery and recorded another episode of cemetery reflections.) As I sit here at the end of the day and write this I am wondering what is a message that I got from this day that I should share. Earlier today I was thinking about how everyone needs to make a personal decision to love God. Growing up in a Christian home you might forget that you are somebody who loves God. But that is the question... Are you someone who loves God? When did you make the decision that you love God? A few years ago I wrote this book titled "Milking Devotional". Milking time is a great time to think. This evening I was thinking about all the variables and factors that affect and influence the result of our milking time. Our cow is a little wild, so it is quite a challenge to milk her. One unexpected sound or wrong move could frighten her and we could lose the milk. Makes me think about creation and how we were created and how we became what we are. There are just so many reasons it could not have happened by chance, and so much evidence that there is a creator. The evidence for God is overwhelming. And there are so many factors and variables that have made us what we are. If you ask me, I would say God is trying to make all of us masterpieces. I know our cow will be a good milk cow when we are done with her. Wacky Wednesday - Written Wednesday Evening Today was just one of those days. Today was not the most productive. Nor was it not a productive day. Me and my brothers and sisters recorded another episode of "My Sister Named Faith". Helped with a bit more planting and with milking. And listened to my brother Sam talk about how our place could be the perfect farm. Me and Sam have opposite ideas for this place. I think our place could be turned into an awesome retreat center. We both agree the place can't be both.That is the way it is with our life. We can't be both a Christian and not a Christian. We can't be both a lover of God and a lover of ourselves. Also another thing I was thinking about today, is that nowhere and never are we commanded to love God. Yes love God is the first of the 10 commandments. But you can't command love. Love is a choice. It is a personal choice we have to make. Do you love God? Do you love God today? Thoughtful Thursday - Written Thursday Afternoon The day is not over yet. But I just had some thoughts going through my head. So I thought I would sit down and write them out. Thursday is trash day. About an hour ago we got back from taking trash to the sunny valley dump. On our way there some of our trash blew out of the truck, so we had to turn around and pick it up. I am not purposely trying to get a lesson or a message from this. I just want to share some thoughts. Somehow trash trash builds up in our life. Don't ask me how. It just does. I don't want to say that it is necessary even though it is. But I know that no one likes living with trash in their lives. So I recommend and encourage everyone to examine their life about every week or so and remove what garbage you find. In case you didn't catch on. There was a point when I stopped talking about physical garbage and started talking about spiritual garbage. The garbage I am talking about includes but is not limited to: anger, unforgiveness, wrong altitudes, wrong thoughts, racism, and wrong words. Cleaning our life of this kind of garbage can be hard, but healing. Well I guess that is probably all for today. Friday Conclusion: Well as the week is coming to an end. I feel that this has been a productive week. It has been busy. And I am drained of energy. Really thankful that tommorow is the Sabbath. As I sit here writing this. I hope and pray for next week. I hope and pray that it will be a productive week. But I don't want it to be the same as this week. I don't want all my weeks to blur together. I want each of my weeks this summer to be unique and productive. Like I said I may not post as much on here all summer. Summer is a different time for me. Or I guess you could say I am entering a new time in my life. I feel like I just came out of a dry spell. And I am excited for what the future holds. I don't know if you followed the SunShining podcast. But I am discontinuing that for the summer with plans to continue it in the fall and winter.
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