The question we each must decide is whether we will trust the heart of God – that he is good, and wants good things for us – or will we give in to resentment and harden our hearts?
Winter brings a period of closing in, voluntary isolation, and introspection. It’s a time to enjoy the warmth of the fire, holidays, and often, healing from a year’s journey. I enjoy winter and all the hygge (as my wife is fond of saying) that goes with it. It’s a time…
I’ve written before about my love of firewood. In general, the idea of heating my home through my own labor is appealing, and satisfies my masculine heart. In the Twelve Acre Woods, it seems like there is always just enough wood blown down or fallen over to keep the supply…
I was on the tractor recently, mowing the grass. I had let it get pretty high and unkempt – we’d had a lot of rain for a couple of weeks and I didn’t want to tear up the grass with big tractor tire marks. So it finally dried up enough…