Who will be in Heaven because of me?
Jessie again with a devotion from earlier this year in the Chat: So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalm 90:12 I got an email this week from someone who talked about how the Christian themes in my books were a blessing to her and how they’ve […]
An Observation of Sacrifice
I have a little thing I wrote in 2020 at the start of lockdowns and I thought I’d share it again today. This year as I’ve been reading through my Bible, a couple of phrases have stood out to me—sacrifices of praise, sacrifices of joy, sacrifices of thanksgiving. “Sacrifice” seemed like an odd word to […]
Be Wise
Though he slay me, yet will I trust Him. You all know the story of when God told Abraham to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. Abraham took Isaac and some wood and went and made an altar. He even tied up Isaac and set him on it. Abraham had his hand raised, knife in it, […]
Plotting
Happy November! Wow. I can’t believe how fast this fall is going by! But, I’m excited for November because so much is going on! Before I talk about all of that, I don’t have a farm story, but I did want to share a little family story. I have a bunch of work to do […]
A Visit with Alexa Verde
So, if you get Alexa’s newsletter, you already know that she invited Julia and me to spend a couple days with her in South Texas last week. I want to say that Alexa is just as sweet and amazing in person as she is in her newsletter and online. But we did get there when […]
More Like Jesus and Less Like Jessie
From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. I had a rotten week. (Online, my week looked great, but in my “real life” it was a tough one.) Do you remember the man at the pool of […]
Some Sad News
I love this time of year. Love the changing colors and the deep blue sky. The shifting of the season from one of loads of neverending work and busyness to one of quiet rest. There is something fascinating and peaceful and soul-satisfying in watching the leaves flutter to the ground. I’m blessed to have my […]
We’re all humans with a sin nature.
Back when my kids were little, like elementary school age, one of my best friends and I put on the fall and spring Presentation Nights for our homeschool co-op. There were fifty families in it and homeschoolers usually have more than the average amount of kids (ha!). It served as a Christmas program, speech credit […]
Princess has a baby!
If you’ve been following me on Facebook, you know I’ve been posting a few pics of a few of our new fall calves. I LOVE calving season and get really excited about each new addition. I know I’ve talked about our girl, Tank, in here before, and she had a beautiful heifer early Sunday morning. […]
Princess Jessie
I’ve been wearing long, flowing skirts lately. I’m not sure why. I guess I never really did the princess thing when I was a kid. Although I did use a shirt my aunt made me as pretend hair for like three years. One day I went to my drawer to grab my “hair” out and […]