Lessons Learned On the Farm

• Sep. 25, 2006 - You Never Know What The Night Will Bring - Part 1

Posted in Country Living 101

: 28 One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, "Of all the commandments, which is the most important?" 29 "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. 30 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' 31 The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." 32 "Well said, teacher," the man replied. "You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices." 34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions.
Mark 12:28-34: We had quite a bit of excitement here Friday night. We had one kid spending the night at a friend's house, two with dad at the gun club, and then I was almost an hour away scrapbooking with a friend. My husband had called a few times to ask when I was headed home because he was concerned about the weather, but I wasn't too nervous. It wasn't even raining where I was.; Nonetheless I wrapped things up and headed for home. On the way home, the lightning show started. I'm not one to worry too much about the weather, but I know my husband is. And I know that it's because he feels such a responsibility to protect all of us. In fact as I was driving home that night I was thinking about how my husband displays so much of God's love and protection to me. Sure enough it wasn't long before the wind started to pick up and I decided to turn the radio station to one with local weather.; I was a little shocked to hear all that was going on – tornado warnings, 60-70 mph winds, trees down, and flash flood warnings. Tony called to get an update on where I was and told me to just stop at the friend's house where our son was spending the night until the weather cleared a bit. I was kind of embarrassed, but I knew that it was better to be safe than sorry. I woke my friend up (they were all sleeping peacefully in the storm), and stayed there until it looked like the bad weather had passed. And I headed towards home.; Wowsers was it raining! The rain was actually blowing sideways with the wind, branches were down, and I was wondering about how high the creek would be as I got close to home. Once inside, we all kept an ear on the weather alert radio while I finished up my scrapbook project.; To be continued....; Part 2; Part 3