Oct 5, 2010

It looks like a nice brisk fall day with a chance of showers. I'll do the laundry tomorrow since they are saying sunny all day. I do love hanging the laundry out. Yesterday I cooked one of our chickens. It was good. I marinated it in red wine and chicken broth with garlic and some herbs from outside. It needs to be cooked in the oven for 3 - 4 hours depending on the size. I hadn't judged correctly so we ate very late. The rice turned out horrible. I dropped a container full of eggs yesterday and broke five of them. I was discouraged with myself so I called Debbie. She totally lifted me up. Thank Jesus mom she said. He knows why that happened. Maybe He was protecting you from a bad egg. You will never know. Just Praise the Lord. He is so Good to you. It was amazing to listen to her. Thank you Jesus for Debbie. She also said that that's what I would have said to her. Amazing.
This morning I looked up more about the Amish. I shouldn't have stayed on the computer that long but I am so interested in them. I should like to become an Amish person but I'm not trying to live without electricity or my car. So I'm thinking I will learn what I can from them. The biggest thing is not caring to be like the rest of the people out there. Not trying to keep up with anybody else but being completely content to be who I am. A huge thing I want to learn is to not be just a consumer, consuming as much as I can. I would like to learn to live consuming less and less. The more content I am the less I will likely need. I'm thinking about things like making stuff myself wherever possible. Knitting, sewing, cooking, gardening, canning and freezing. Meanwhile I plan on thanking God for the conveniences in my life like electricity, running water, furnace, washer and dryer. Gas stove. Car. Computer, phones, internet. I'm sure there's much more. I have so much to be thankful for, "I'm sure I should be as happy as a king." Thank you Jesus. Help me to be thankful by being a good steward and working hard.