Heaven

The other day we were driving down the highway and Georgia looked over at this farm and said "Mommy, that's where God lives".  I have to agree.  Here is a photo of it!  :)

Happy Father's Day!

Georgia & Rodolfo at breakfast

Gigi, Rodolfo & the newest addition to the family, the turtle (soon to be named)

Happy Father's Day!!

Psalm 104

The following passage is perhaps my most favorite in all the Bible.  I read it once, more than 10 years ago, and forgot where in the Bible I had read it.  It is so beautiful and I have thought about it often.  Just the other day I finally read it again.  It made me full of joy to read it again.  I thought I would publish it here for all my readers to enjoy as well.

1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty, 2 wrapped in light as with a garment. You stretch out the heavens like a tent, 3 you set the beams of your chambers on the waters, you make the clouds your chariot, you ride on the wings of the wind, 4 you make the winds your messengers, fire and flame your ministers. 5 You set the earth on its foundations, so that it shall never be shaken. 6 You cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. 7 At your rebuke they flee; at the sound of your thunder they take to flight. 8 They rose up to the mountains, ran down to the valleys to the place that you appointed for them. 9 You set a boundary that they may not pass, so that they might not again cover the earth. 10 You make springs gush forth in the valleys; they flow between the hills, 11 giving drink to every wild animal; the wild asses quench their thirst. 12 By the streams the birds of the air have their habitation; they sing among the branches. 13 From your lofty abode you water the mountains; the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your work. 14 You cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for people to use, to bring forth food from the earth, 15 and wine to gladden the human heart, oil to make the face shine, and bread to strengthen the human heart. 16 The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly, the cedars of Lebanon that he planted. 17 In them the birds build their nests; the stork has its home in the fir trees. 18 The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the coneys. 19 You have made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows its time for setting. 20 You make darkness, and it is night, when all the animals of the forest come creeping out. 21 The young lions roar for their prey, seeking their food from God. 22 When the sun rises, they withdraw and lie down in their dens. 23 People go out to their work and to their labor until the evening. 24 O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures. 25 Yonder is the sea, great and wide, creeping things innumerable are there, living things both small and great. 26 There go the ships, and Leviathan that you formed to sport in it. 27 These all look to you to give them their food in due season; 28 when you give to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are filled with good things. 29 When you hide your face, they are dismayed; when you take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. 30 When you send forth your spirit, they are created; and you renew the face of the ground. 31 May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in his works— 32 who looks on the earth and it trembles, who touches the mountains and they smoke. 33 I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have being. 34 May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord. 35 Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul. Praise the Lord!

(quoted from the New Revised Standard Version)

spring harvest

Fields were mowed this past week to make hay bales.  Dandelions and Queen Anne's Lace have been in bloom.  The spring wheat harvest should happen any day now.  We went out and enjoyed the prettiness of it all.

Dreaming of Alaska

Georgia says funny things.  Sometimes her word choice makes me wonder what kind of commentary she is actually making about MY speech.  For example, today in the car she told me "you need to go the speed lemon so you don't get a ticket".  That got me wondering-- do I talk with a nasal sound?  because how do you get "lemon" from "limit"?  She still calls a crayon a "crown".  This confusion, I believe, must be due to the draw of the Oklahoma accent.  She says "dis" and "dat" instead of "this" and "that"-- perhaps from Rodolfo's accent.  And then, she has these questions-- 3 year olds are full of questions!  Sometimes very difficult to answer questions.  For awhile after Easter she kept asking me if we have bodies in heaven.  I finally admitted that I didn't know and we would have to ask around.  Lately the question has been, "mom, why does it have to be morning, night, morning, night?"  As she says, she would prefer it to be "morning, morning, morning".  And when I tell her she would still have to sleep when the rotation of the day went morning, morning, morning she just gives a rumpled "hmph" for an answer.  I went on to explain that in places like Alaska half the year is morning, morning, morning.  That made her think and stop asking questions for about a week.  Last night she came running in my room, terrified of trolls (she said she saw trolls on a ride at Disney, I don't remember them).  After some time of motherly love and care I got her calmed down and back into her bed.  Then she sweetly said looking into my eyes, "Mom, I'm not scared anymore, I'm going to think happy thoughts."  "Very good", I replied, thinking she meant she was going to remember me and the love I gave her.  "What are your happy thoughts?" I inquired.  Without blinking she replied "Mom, I'm going to dream about Alaska."  This was totally not what I was expecting and really funny to me.  It is funny how their little minds are always ticking and thinking about things you have long forgotten you said.  She must have enjoyed dreaming about Alaska where it is morning, morning, morning six months out of the year because she slept all the way through the night!