(This is my entry for the first part of my project for my New Learning course that I am taking.) Introduction Corn Fields in Illinois I have lived the majority of my life in the Midwest: mid-state Illinois to be specific. Where I live, farming is everywhere. My grandparents and great-grandparents on both sides of my family were farmers. My dad grew up on a farm and owned farmland, well into my own adulthood. But, even if it wasn’t in the family, I still would have been surrounded by farming. You can’t go more than a mile outside of my city’s limits without encountering miles and miles of fields. Most of our highways, and even interstates, are located between acres of farmland.
Striving to be a Samwise Gamgee in a world of Smeagols.
just read your blog and caught up a little bit. the post about your leaving the one school and teaching in public for awhile was interesting. another thing that comes from this is that money isn't everything - and yet money is very necessary for daily living. Our pastor says "God has promised to supply all of your needs, but He doesn't necessarily have to use your paycheck to do it."
ReplyDeleteWe went through very rough financial times/ job changes while living in Lafayette for 8 years - sometimes it seemed the trial would never end. But we kept trusting, and God brought us out into a new ministry and it is Amazing how He has provided for everything and more since we dedicated to do this work by faith. Way way better than any of the secular jobs ever went. And because of the great trial in the other, His goodness is magnified now. We serve a GREAT GOd - no, THE GREAT GOD!
Absolutely true. That is what we have decided to do.
ReplyDeleteMy big struggle is deciding what to do... We are hoping that we have made the right decision, and we have already had some things happen to help us believe that it is the right decision.
Thank you for your words of encouragement.