Learning To Share

This was the topic of our Sunday Bulletin and I would like to share it with you. It does not say who wrote it and I am claiming I did not write it and I am just making a copy of it.

We teach our children at an early age the importance of sharing. It is considered one of the socialization skills necessary for good development. As we grow older our sharing changes. Instead of toys and games we share our money, time, and talents where they are needed. But we often have difficulty sharing our most valuable resource-the message of salvation and God's love. We encounter those who need to hear it, but because of our busy schedules, insecurities, or even embarrassment, we fail to share the life-giving news Jesus commanded. "Go home to thy friends,and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee" (Mark 5:19) Have we learned to share?

Today is Veterans Day and Hubby and I will be attending a program at our local High School. At this time I would like to honor each and every man and woman who gave up part of their time or their lives to participate in wars and conflicts to save our freedoms here in the United States.

Autumn Blessing

As I was looking out my living room window seeing the different colors of fall I thought of this picture I had saved. Oh, how beautiful God had made it this year. A lot of the leaves are off the trees and blowing from one yard to another. All signs of a season many enjoy.

Here on the farm Hubby is picking corn and spending time in line at the elevator visiting with neighbors. I believe this is the time of year many farmers enjoy. They are seeing the fruits of their labor. Also, they have the time to visit with each other. Yesterday, I rode to town with Hubby in a big farm truck loaded to over following with bright yellow corn. This is the time we have to talk peacefully since we waited in line for an hour.

November 4, 2008 is less two days away and I want to encourage all to go to the polls to vote. In many states there are different issues to vote for that are very important to many people in that state. There are individuals running for office who different voters need to consider.

In July I was not going to vote. Then I listened to each of the conventions and realized I needed to go to the polls. From that time I was just not going to vote for President and vote the rest of the ticket. As I was listening to the adds on the TV and Radio and new that I had to vote for a President. All I know is that each person has to pray before going to the polls and vote for the best person.

What I think is funny is both parties felt Indiana, the state I live in, is important.

Please go vote and then the United States can begin to heal from our resent problems.

This is not what I woke up to this morning, but in a month or two the weather here in Indiana will look like it. We had about a inch of snow and most of it was on the windows of the car and truck. Hubby was so good and brushed the snow of the car, but by the time I went out the cleared windows has frosted over.

Hubby is now setting in a new outdoor wood stove and I should have heat by Thursday. We have to put in 400 gallon of water and that will take some time since we only turn the water on a slow stream. Then He will start picking corn. First,He has to change the bean head to the corn head. I am praying the corn will be better in yield than the beans. The rain we received from IKE did our beans no good. The corn is on higher ground and it looks really good. We do not dry our corn so Hubby wants to wait for the moister to go down some.

A Name

I received this from a friend and looked up my name. There is only one of my whole name in the United States. I guess I could consider myself special. There are 55,804 people with the name Joyce and 489 with my last name. You may check it out if you want. You will find the button by scrolling down past the postings.

From one pumpkin to another!!!!!!!
A woman was asked by a coworker, 'What is it like to be a Christian?'
The coworker replied, 'It is like being a pumpkin.' God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff.
He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed. Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see.'