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Stand Firm

1/19/2021

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Dressed For Battle

10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. 14 Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15 and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvationand the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.18 And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. 19 Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel,20 for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should. Ephesians 6
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I was in my prayer room this morning and it came to me that many of "us" go into battle naked!!! 

ewww NOT a pretty sight!

What warrior would actually go into battle without armor and weapons?

They wouldn't. But as followers of Jesus we think we can enter into battle everyday, NAKED.

God forbid.

Part of that armor IS prayer! How long do you go without praying? 5days? 30days?

I realized this morning that even warriors grow weary from battle. They have to rest, recoup, refeed and continue to stand.

Many wish they could hear the voice of God, but don't even know what His voice sounds like.

WHO is the object of your affection? OR WHAT? 

FB? IG? MeWe? YT? Work? Friends? 

How do expect to know intimately the voice of the one who loves your soul, yet you spend very little time knowing that Person? 

I encourage you to know Him...the Lover of your soul. And if you don't know Jesus....then say a simple prayer to enter into that intimate relationship.

Dear Jesus,
I am a sinner. I need you. I need a Savior.
Please forgive me for trying to live this life without you.
Please enter me now and be the Lover of my soul.
I accept your redemptive work on the cross.
I celebrate that my faith is anchored upon an empty tomb!
You are the resurrected ONE!
Thank you Lord. 
A warrior has been my calling for years...in fact if we are followers of Jesus...it's each of our calling!

I often use the line, "I choose to stand between the enemy and all that I love and hold sacred"!!! I tell the enemy that he cannot have those I love!!! He is vanquished by The KING!

I'm standing right now for America and my family. 

I believe God still speaks through his prophets...of which I am one who is still in training my ear to hear His voice. He speaks, I listen and write it down. All the prophets I listen to are declaring that God is not finished using Donald J Trump. I stand strong in battle even as we head into a date that actually means nothing. Man thinks everything is carved in stone because we say it's on our calendar. God's timing is not our timing. He is not shackled to dates.

Do you know how many thousands of years Isaiah prophesied about a Messiah? THOUSANDS!

Do you  know how many years we've been waiting for our Messiah to return for His church? THOUSANDS!

I woke up this morning singing In The Morning by JJ Heller. I don't know why cause I can't tell you the last time I heard it. But the Holy Spirit put it in my soul to sing. 
I'll say it again. It ain't over. 

​Not until God says it's over!!!

Stand,
​Diane

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The Roads Less Traveled

1/5/2021

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Our extremely rural area is a delight to walk in. Everyday, I can take the road less traveled! There's no diesel from school buses...I've never even seen a school bus back here....although an occasional diesel pickup will pass me, but that's few and far between. I usually never see another human being....and actually only pass 3 or maybe 4 homes in my 4 miles.
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I pass by this pasture that I call, The Golden Valley. It reminds me of the scene in Shadow Lands. It's so peaceful and beautiful.
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If I make it up this hill, I've made it to the county line....the road goes from some type of petro to red dirt. The next county over is not as wealthy so all the backroads are dirt and gravel with lots of elephant traps! This is about 2 miles which means I have to make it back 2 miles. This usually gives me a good 1.5 hours prayer walking. I cover a lot of territory praying and am seeing the hand of God move. 

The last few days my legs have felt very wobbly and weak....so no walking. If my body says no, I listen. I sure don't want to get out there and not be able to make it back....because it could be a month of Sunday's before another human passes me! That is, unless I take my BFF with me....but a lot of mornings he's researching something! Once a rocket scientist, always a rocket scientist! Besides he only goes out 1 miles and then turns back....I'm on my own for the remainder. 
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I'm watching a few new to me watercolor artists on YouTube. I am reminded of some techniques that I don't use often but that give some nice affects. I'm headed out to my studio as soon as I'm done posting here. 

Be Sweet,
​

Diane

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Merry Christmas!

12/24/2019

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I do believe our little pumpkin is as happy as my kiddos were! Her Mama says she's this happy at 4AM too! 
We wish you the happiest of Christmases. Although we know this is not the birth date of our awaited Messiah, we celebrate him tomorrow. It truly was the worlds greatest gift!

​"For God SO loved you and me, He gave us His only son, that whosoever, believes in Him, will have eternal life." (my paraphrase) John 3:16. He did it out of pure unadulterated LOVE. That kind of love messes me up....it just makes me weep.

Our Messiah has come! And now we await his coming again.

We will reign with Him. 

Look up! Our King is nigh. 

Love,
​Diane

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Giving Thanks!

11/27/2019

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Psalm 100
A Psalm for Giving Thanks

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!

Know that the Lord, he is God!
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter His gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him; bless his name!

For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures forever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.

This is my favorite Thanksgiving song. 
I pray that no matter where you are or who you are with, that you will lift up a hymn of grateful praise to the Lord. 

This has always been my very favorite holiday made special to me by my Grandmom Hamilton who was an immigrant to America is 1904. It was the first holiday they celebrated as a family after she arrived with her mother and siblings to join her father who came first to secure a job and housing. Every year Grandmom made it full of food, fun and family. I will always treasure those memories. 

​Bob and I are 1400 miles from our families but it doesn't stop us from giving thanks and sharing a meal with someone. We're having a fella (or 2) from our church share our table and the Lords bounty to us. We are blessed among men. Truly blessed!

As always we will list the 5 things we are most thankful for, just as the Pilgrims who survived that first year with only 5 kernels of corn. 

1. I'm so thankful that God chose me in 1971 to be His daughter and for the blood of Jesus that bought my redemption.

2. I'm thankful for my family near and far.

3. I'm thankful for our 2 new grandlittles who arrived this year to bless our lives.

4. I'm thankful for my church family at Percilla Community Church and the love that abounds there.

5. I'm thankful for The Shepherd's Studio and the hands that built it! (even with it's S L O W internet connection!!!)

Blessings,
​Diane

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The Shepherd Who Gently Leads

10/26/2019

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I was awake at 4:15A, after 7.5 hours of good restorative sleep. I usually lay there for a few hours to pray for an hour and I've started using resistance bands laying on my back exercising arms and legs before getting up. The Hired Hand usually switches beds sometime during the night...he's my night crawler...he has been for gosh...20+ years. He never sleeps through the night and switches bedrooms so he doesn't disturb me cause he knows how much I treasure sleep. And then kindness in return, I lay there in the morning so I don't wake up the monster....Ozzie. He's a whiner and if he knows I'm awake he'll start making a bunch of noise....so I laid there for 2 hours and couldn't take it any longer and got up to face Mr Whiner. He was actually pretty good this morning and we kept quiet so The Hired Hand could sleep another hour. 

​As we age....it's just a dance!!! 

This morning in my quiet time with The Good Shepherd, He gently guided me to a passage that caused me to be utterly broken with JOY.
I wrote about the desert I've been walking in for the past 3 years, trying desperately to find my JOY restored. Sometimes in the desert, just like the Israelites, we walk in circles hot, tired and thirsty.

​We cry out....God where are you?

Why have you forsaken me?

​Why did you lead me here?
This morning, I was reading some of my life verses in Isaiah; chapters 61 and 58.  But God wanted me in Chapter 55....I started at verse 12.
"For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and the hills before you shall
breaks forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall 
​clap their hands."

I stopped there. I already had some worship music on and began worshipping. Because if we fail to worship the rocks will cry out. I let go of some heavy burdens and just wept and sang. 

​Then I heard the Holy Spirit tell me to not stop. READ verse 13!
"Instead of the thorns shall grow the pine tree;
Instead of the briers shall grow the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
​an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."

It took me several times reading verse 13 before I heard the message God had for me.

You see, we bought a pine tree farm and not only does it have pines, it has waxed myrtles. 

​Do you see?
He has already told me on countless occasions that He has me right where He wants me. But in my desert place I have not see His hand. I've fallen on my knees countless times as I've walked the 2/10 of a mile in our forest to the mailbox....just fallen right there on the gravel crying...."why have you brought me here to just leave me? WHY? WHY would you do this? I don't think I can take much more of this place of great sadness."

Doesn't that sound like the Israelites? 

But you know as I do, that He never left me. He has been here all this time. Waiting.

Trying to find our place here in RURAL East Texas has just taken 3 years. 

We came back to the little church where I attended for 3 months before The Hired Hand arrived in Texas. I think as a couple we had to attend several other congregations before we could find the place God has for us both. And let's face it, I'm the one who has struggled so greatly with this sadness....being married to a melancholy left brain aspie, he's just as happy as a clam being alone...but I'm not....so really, I'm the The Who counts. Just kidding....but The Hired Hands knows, I need to find a place where my heart is filled with love, kindness and service.  
This desert experience has been so I would really press into Him. 
"For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their SHEPHERD,
and He will guide them to springs of living water,
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
Revelation 7:17

Isn't that just like Him? He's a gentleman. He will never force us into anything. He will gently guide us to the living water!!!
Sometimes all we need to do is get into worship and He'll speak to us. He'll show us just what He has for us...and He'll show us just where He wants us. 
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Praises!

10/15/2019

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The Hired Hand had his 6 month check up on Friday and we were beyond elated. His bloodwork came back shining like the stars!

His new doc in Texas has wanted to see him every 6 months for almost 3 years.....excessive if you ask me....but then again....I don't like doctors...and I really didn't like this guy! But he keeps trying to find something....I mean, how can a 73 year old man be in prime condition and his only medical complaint is migraine headaches??? The last check up the nurse called and said he was slightly anemic; eat more greens, take an iron pill. Well, come to find out he was .01% anemic!!! I could have rung that nurses neck! She had us both very concerned because often times, the first sign of cancer is anemia. The doctor said they shouldn't have even said anything because there is always the fudge factor. Hubs doesn't ask enough questions when he's there or when they call....SO, I went along for the fun this time....Shake My Head!!! :/

The most amazing numbers were for his PSA...that's the prostate. His numbers have been gradually going up which is quite typical for men as they age but not necessary. His last reading was 4 which is at the top of "normal" and at the point when they start watching...and then they start screaming prostate cancer!!! SO, I remembered a story I heard about 20 years ago pertaining to Progesterone Cream. In the late 90's I started using the cream for PMS and actually Hubs wouldn't allow me to be without a tube, it worked that well. 

The story was that a gentleman had prostate cancer and after his wife began using Progesterone Cream his prostate cancer was healed. Interesting....Huh??? I'm sure I don't need to explain to you how he picked up the Progesterone from his wife since the application sights include the breast and the inner thighs. Six months ago I reminded Hubs of that story, so he started using a small dose of Progesterone Cream on the inside of his forearm. And 2 months ago he also began rifing for prostate cancer. 

His cousin was diagnosed with prostate cancer a year ago with a particularly aggressive cancer took the life of 1 uncle, was diagnosed in another (cousins dad), and Hubs dad had a different form (not a blood relative to the uncles). SO, he was going to be proactive...as much as possible....at this point in life anyway.

His PSA went from 4 to 1.4 in 6 months!!! His cholesterol is 143, his weight is 135, his BP was 112/65! His red blood cell count "normal", no anemia! We were extremely elated and gave thanks!!! I think he's seen the benefits of eating a Whole Food Plant Based Diet even for just 2 short months! God created our bodies to heal....its just a fact. If we give it the right food and nourishment, it will do what it was designed to do. In just 11 days heart disease & diabetes can be reversed and/or halted!!! 11 days!!! 

After experimenting for a year (August 2018-July 2019) on my own body (and now I wish I hadn't), I am convinced that the WFPB diet is what I was meant to eat. My dad died almost 9 years ago, from heart disease, diabetes and complications of both. My mom, 85, has been diagnosed with a leaky heart valve, RA, and blood cancer....she is constantly in pain and is short of breath and nothing can be done to help her...she always says, "I've outlived my expiration date!" 

I decided IF I have a choice (and I think we do), I didn't want that to be my destiny. Although these diseases are NOT genetic diseases nor do they "run in the family", but rather, they are lifestyle diseases...habits run in families!
Tomorrow is my 61st birthday and Hubs just turned 73 last week. We are doing life with hearts of gratitude. 
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Gratefully Yours in Christ,
​Diane

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