It's late. I write. I wait. Pause pause pause (because it's late). Funny how time and thoughts don't always align. Because here I sit with it, but the words are wafting through the windows away from here.. So many directions I could follow those little wondering thoughts.. I wonder if God (and whoever else can see our lives) laughs at us. We pray and sometimes we get the answer we prayed and prayed and prayed for. But then, when the answer comes, it takes work to receive it and ... WHAT?!? is this how my God treats me? I thought answers to prayer were supposed to be like winning the lottery. .. free and easy.. But it's not. My mom printed this verse out for us a while back: "The blessing of the Lord, it makes truly rich, and He adds no sorrow with it, neither does toiling increase it." God is not normal. I sure don't understand much about life. I've been semi-meditating on it (let's be honest - it has been crossing my mind more than the average q...
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Heidi, Heidi, how does your garden grow.... Here is some proof that it does. I think these are beans. The other day I found what I think are pumpkins. I thought we'd lost them all, but nope. Perhaps three. Perhaps two. I can't really tell the difference between some weeds and some plants. Rookie gardener. I have huge huge peas growing like wildcats, that is if wildcats grow exuberantly and efficiently. Interestingly, I also have one tomato plant. This makes me most happy because I have one of those tomato supporter things that real gardeners are supposed to have. I'm super legit. Also interesting, the beans reached over a whole row and attached their little growing stems to the tomato supporter thing. How did the beans know? Do they have eyes? Did they sense the shadow cast from the skinny little wire thin tower or.. how did that work? Strange. Neat. Here are some strawberries. Transplanted from a different part of the garden, but plants nonetheless. Poor guys though, they ...