I'm feeling like the winds are shifting.....like Bert would say,
Us artsy kind are a constant evolving sort of being. We can never sit in one place for too long or do one thing forever. We become restless. Restless in a good way. But nonetheless, RESTLESS.
- "Winds from the east... Mist comin' in... Like something's a brewin', about to begin... Can't put me finger on what lies in store... But I feel what's to 'appen, all 'appened before...!"
Us artsy kind are a constant evolving sort of being. We can never sit in one place for too long or do one thing forever. We become restless. Restless in a good way. But nonetheless, RESTLESS.
I think this piece I did on taking flight was a "revelation" in more ways then one.
It's striking me now that taking flight is usually for a couple reasons....and I'm learning this lesson from my ducks! Another lesson from the barnyard...imagine that!!! God's most impressionable lessons have been taught to me in the barnyard. Perhaps it's because there are no other voices yelling at me, no background noise, no FB, no instagram, no twitting or tweeting!
He speaks and I hear him. In my 40+ years of walking with Jesus, it's not always been easy to decipher those voices...sometimes I've mistaken my own selfish voice as the Spirit's voice. Sometimes I've mistaken other's voices as being the Spirit's. The funny thing is....in the barnyard there is usually only 1 person talking and that's me.....and it's usually in my interaction.....yes, I do interact with the animals and talk to them as if they can understand.....and I believe it's in this conversation that I get my clear revelations...my aaaha moments. The most impressionable moments that God speaks and I listen.
It's striking me now that taking flight is usually for a couple reasons....and I'm learning this lesson from my ducks! Another lesson from the barnyard...imagine that!!! God's most impressionable lessons have been taught to me in the barnyard. Perhaps it's because there are no other voices yelling at me, no background noise, no FB, no instagram, no twitting or tweeting!
He speaks and I hear him. In my 40+ years of walking with Jesus, it's not always been easy to decipher those voices...sometimes I've mistaken my own selfish voice as the Spirit's voice. Sometimes I've mistaken other's voices as being the Spirit's. The funny thing is....in the barnyard there is usually only 1 person talking and that's me.....and it's usually in my interaction.....yes, I do interact with the animals and talk to them as if they can understand.....and I believe it's in this conversation that I get my clear revelations...my aaaha moments. The most impressionable moments that God speaks and I listen.
I've had a few ducks take to flight lately. They came from a friends farm where they had complete free range of the entire 3 acres, but here Mr Fox will pick them off at high noon without blinking an eye! So since our last massacre, I've put up a duck run so I could train the ducks to sleep in Gpa Coe's old dog house which was my very first chicken coop! It makes the perfect duck house!
Every morning the ducks come out and stretch their wings...flapping, wishing the could just fly off and never look back!
Have you ever felt like that?
I sure have!
Not all of those times have been good and some of them have been sheer ecstasy.
I think we all go through times when we need change or need space to flap our wings!
Have you ever felt like that?
I sure have!
Not all of those times have been good and some of them have been sheer ecstasy.
I think we all go through times when we need change or need space to flap our wings!
I know that the day will come when I will hang up my barn coat and FarmHer hat. It will most likely come out of necessity for "us" time or because of failing health. I know this place is not my home. I have tried to make it a brief landing place, but truth be told, it holds my heart.
God has taught me many lessons here. It was in this act of tending to other beings that brought me healing. I have been known to say "the farm healed me"....and in many respects if you can look beneath the words...it did.
No matter how I feel, I must tend to my animals. And it's in that simple act that I find joy and serenity. They are full of love for me and the feelings are mutual. They show me unconditional love....although some have been known to want me dead. It was only their nature. Studies have been shown that our mind plays a greater role in healing then what we put in our mouths. Studies have also shown that what we think affects the vibrational activity of every single cell in our body!
We're in a chapter of our lives that we've never been before.
It's only been 2 years since our nest has been empty. The Farmer's Daughter took flight in 2013 and it was the best thing she ever did for herself at 28. She is now fully employed WITH benefits and she excels at everything she does! She experienced the hand of God supplying all of her needs while living on her own in a tiny 600 sq foot cottage on a part time paycheck. Her jar of oil never ran dry.
The Farmer's Son is wedding his bride this Summer....that too is a new chapter. Many of you may remember that we went through a storm with him several years back. He was married for 3 months, and she just walked out and never looked back. She accused him of things his heart is incapable of. Hate does those things. It crushes the Spirit. Our hearts were broken in two. Our dreams dashed. But God is good and we will stand on the beach in Cancun rejoicing with his bride and him in just a few short months! Not only a new chapter but an entirely new book! We're ready. Our hearts have healed. Our peace has come. I believe we are all changed for the good.
The Hired Hand continues to work as he quickly approaches the big 7 0 !!!! Oh my how on earth and when on earth did that happen? I know...while we were living!!! His job pays for the farm....plain and simple...without his paycheck, the farm does not exist.
We dissolved Peaceful Acres Farm, LLC last Fall. Peaceful Acres will always remain the name of this place where my critters dwell, however, there will no longer be any business run under it's name. I do feel the winds shifting and as I pursue a different direction using Art to express my inner self.....a new name....a new me is evolving. One that I'm comfortable with. One that I rejoice in. One that my Spirit finds peace in.
May HE be magnified!!!
God has taught me many lessons here. It was in this act of tending to other beings that brought me healing. I have been known to say "the farm healed me"....and in many respects if you can look beneath the words...it did.
No matter how I feel, I must tend to my animals. And it's in that simple act that I find joy and serenity. They are full of love for me and the feelings are mutual. They show me unconditional love....although some have been known to want me dead. It was only their nature. Studies have been shown that our mind plays a greater role in healing then what we put in our mouths. Studies have also shown that what we think affects the vibrational activity of every single cell in our body!
We're in a chapter of our lives that we've never been before.
It's only been 2 years since our nest has been empty. The Farmer's Daughter took flight in 2013 and it was the best thing she ever did for herself at 28. She is now fully employed WITH benefits and she excels at everything she does! She experienced the hand of God supplying all of her needs while living on her own in a tiny 600 sq foot cottage on a part time paycheck. Her jar of oil never ran dry.
The Farmer's Son is wedding his bride this Summer....that too is a new chapter. Many of you may remember that we went through a storm with him several years back. He was married for 3 months, and she just walked out and never looked back. She accused him of things his heart is incapable of. Hate does those things. It crushes the Spirit. Our hearts were broken in two. Our dreams dashed. But God is good and we will stand on the beach in Cancun rejoicing with his bride and him in just a few short months! Not only a new chapter but an entirely new book! We're ready. Our hearts have healed. Our peace has come. I believe we are all changed for the good.
The Hired Hand continues to work as he quickly approaches the big 7 0 !!!! Oh my how on earth and when on earth did that happen? I know...while we were living!!! His job pays for the farm....plain and simple...without his paycheck, the farm does not exist.
We dissolved Peaceful Acres Farm, LLC last Fall. Peaceful Acres will always remain the name of this place where my critters dwell, however, there will no longer be any business run under it's name. I do feel the winds shifting and as I pursue a different direction using Art to express my inner self.....a new name....a new me is evolving. One that I'm comfortable with. One that I rejoice in. One that my Spirit finds peace in.
May HE be magnified!!!
Psalm 63:1-8
O God, you are my God,
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
in a dry and weary land where here is no water.
I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life,
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help,
I will sing in the shadow of your wings.
My soul clings to you;
your right hand it upholds me.
earnestly I seek you;
my soul thirsts for you,
in a dry and weary land where here is no water.
I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory.
Because your love is better than life,
I will praise you as long as I live,
and in your name I will lift up my hands.
My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods;
with singing lips my mouth will praise you.
On my bed I remember you;
I think of you through the watches of the night.
Because you are my help,
I will sing in the shadow of your wings.
My soul clings to you;
your right hand it upholds me.
I am not who I once was, defined by all the things I’ve done
Afraid my shame would be exposed, afraid of really being known
But then you gave my heart a home
So I walked out of the darkness and into the light
From fear of shame into the hope of life
Mercy called my name and made a way to fly
Out of the darkness and into the light
Years of keeping secrets safe, wondering if I could change
‘Cause when you’re hiding all alone, your heart can turn into a stone
And that’s not the way I want to go
So I walked out of the darkness and into the light
From fear of shame into the hope of life
Mercy called my name and made a way to fly
Out of the darkness and into the light
There’s no place I’d rather be
Your light is marvelous, your light is marvelous
You have come to set us free
You are marvelous, your light is marvelous to me
So I walked out of the darkness and into the light
From fear of shame into the hope of life
Mercy called my name and made a way to fly
Out of the darkness and into the light
Afraid my shame would be exposed, afraid of really being known
But then you gave my heart a home
So I walked out of the darkness and into the light
From fear of shame into the hope of life
Mercy called my name and made a way to fly
Out of the darkness and into the light
Years of keeping secrets safe, wondering if I could change
‘Cause when you’re hiding all alone, your heart can turn into a stone
And that’s not the way I want to go
So I walked out of the darkness and into the light
From fear of shame into the hope of life
Mercy called my name and made a way to fly
Out of the darkness and into the light
There’s no place I’d rather be
Your light is marvelous, your light is marvelous
You have come to set us free
You are marvelous, your light is marvelous to me
So I walked out of the darkness and into the light
From fear of shame into the hope of life
Mercy called my name and made a way to fly
Out of the darkness and into the light