It's a rainy day here...again. Looks like I won't be in the field for a few days. Which means I am at home and not much to do...hopefully mom doesn't read this and give me a long to-do-list :)

But since I have not much going on, my mind drifts to the struggles of life and the temptations of the world around me. I found myself in 2 Timothy this morning reading the second have of chapter 2. This section talks about a worker being approved for God. There is a lot packed into these few verses; some would say overwhelming. Yet, following Christ whole heartedly, isn't that hard. When we allow Christ to guide us by His strength, it is humbling to see how much easier life becomes. Like everyone else, I've been though the highs and lows in my walk with Christ. The times when we let our Lord be our guide, life is more peaceful and a lot less stressful. So, why do people,in cluding myself, stuggle daily to alow Christ to lead our lives for us?

I received the following from a highly respected rancher, Kit Pharo, from Colorado. I felt that it was so good, I thought that I would share it with ya'll:

"Sabbath Day DevotionSeptember 18, 2010 Arm’s-Length Christianity – When I prepared last week’s Sabbath Day Devotion (SDD), I was reminded of a devotion that I shared in our March/April 2004 Newsletter. This devotion was originally inspired by a sermon my good friend, Wes Thompson, preached many, many years ago. Most sermons don’t stick with me very long. This one, however, will probably stick with me for the rest of my life. Every year, its message seems to become more and more appropriate. Friends, what is happening to morality in our world today? Are the moral values of our society the same as they were one hundred years ago? Are they the same as they were fifty years ago? Are they the same as they were just ten years ago? Which direction are we headed? Consider what we read and see in today’s magazines. Consider what we see and hear on our television, computer and movie screens. Consider the way we let our young people dress and act. If we could take today’s magazines, television shows and movies back in time fifty years, what kind of response would they receive? I’m guessing the people of that time period would have been appalled, horrified, disgusted, shaken and just plain sickened. I think we can all agree that morality in our world is in a state of constant decay. We are accepting and tolerating things today that we never would have accepted or tolerated ten or twenty years ago. That’s bad, but what may be even worse is the fact that Christians are just an arm’s length away from the rest of society. As the moral values of society degrade, so do the moral values of Christians. We are just an arm’s length away from where society is. The moral values of Christians today may be higher than the moral values of the world around them, but they are not the same moral values that Christians had fifty years ago, or even ten years ago. In fact, today’s Christians may have the same moral values as yesterday’s non-Christians. Christians have gradually slipped farther and farther into moral decay without even knowing it. Being an arm’s length away from society, as a whole, does not mean that we are where we should be. We’re not! It’s past time for Christians to recognize what has been going on, and to make an effort to correct the situation – at least within our own lives and within our own families. Do not conform any longer to the pattern of thisworld, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.Romans 12:2"

Blessings

Scary that my last post was in March....yet I a feeling the same way tonight as I was that night. Guess not much has changed. :(

I almost feel that I could be apart of one of them couseling groups:

Hi, My name is Andrew. I am 24 years old and live with my parents. I have no life, all I do is work. I did not hang out with kids my own age in high school much because of being bullied in junior high. Therefore, I have no social life. I am lonely, but there isn't much I can do about it. I just have to continue on as is because there aren't any other options.

There are times like this where I deeply struggle to see the light at the end of the tunnel. I lose sight of my God and think too hard, trying to figure things out on my own.

I feel like I have grown up in the wrong era, I should have been back in the 1950's. The simple life was more common, where people worked and found joy in their work. Farmers where able to find a wife, well the wife knew that there would always be food on the table. There are times I laugh at myself...thinking that I will one day find a women that will live on a livestock farm and strives after Christ. Women of my generation hear livestock farmer and run the other way. They don't want the smell, the dirty clothes, the support for their spouse.

Singleness is getting tougher every day, Christ be my guide.

Blessings

Nights Alone

I have strongly come to not like being alone. It's a feeling of entrapment and oddness. I am almost resorting back to what I was like before college....work, the farm, and hanging out with my parents. Guess not much has changed after being away for three and a half years. Singleness is a gift from God, but at times it is hard to swallow and move on. I believe that God has someone out there for me, but where is she at!?!?! I am waiting for her and anticipate the day that I will be able to meet her, if I haven't already, and spend the rest of my life with her. I hope that she is waiting for me too ;)

Work is work; the farm continues on. God is good and that is all that matters.

Blessings

Time Keeps Ticking

Well, truth is evident that I am not very good at keeping this blog up to date. I could rattle on excuses of why I am not posting for often, but the truth is that I just don't think to post. Yet many thought that plague my mind I cannot put into words. As confused is the mind, so is confused the tongue. God is working in and on my life and that is all that matters. Contentment is something that has to continually be worked on.

Blessings

It's Been A While...

Sorry to those of those of you who have been checking this blog lately for an update to what I have been up to and you find no more new news. Life has been busy and interesting; not allowing me much time to sit down and type out a few things.

My health is doing well. Lord willing, I am three weeks away from being completely off of all medications! I go in for blood testing once a month for right now. They continue to monitor my platelet levels and will change things as they see necessary when the time comes. My doctor still holds a little bit of hope that the treatments that I have had in the past might have cured my body from what I was dealing with. It would be such a blessing from God if that was the case! :) I am still holding sustainable energy levels which has been really nice.

Work continues to go well. Though it is the same thing day after day, I am thankful for a job. I work with a good group of people, for that I am grateful. Somedays it is tough to stay positive because of the monotonous work, but it's a job.

Things continue to move along here on the farm. The cold has come and always brings a little more 'fun'. Finally brought the bull back to its owner last week. That should have been done in November, but oh well. On the way back home, we lost a wheel off of the cattle trailer...ooops. Luckily there wasn't too much traffic and I was close to a spot where I could safely park the trailer until I can get it fixed. Just another thing to fix, ugh. Since there was a shortage of hay last summer, we have been feeding a lot of silage. Luckily we are close to a packing plant that harvests sweet corn, so we can get silage for a reasonable price. There are plenty of things to be working on outside, but with the sub-zero temps lately, things will have to wait.

Having the brothers home this weekend has been great! It was good that we didn't plan family Christmas for Christmas day because of the weather. Though we didn't do a whole lot, it's been nice just to hangout as a family.

Blessings

I am White

Whites need their quiet independence and refuse to be controlled by others. Whites want to do things their own way, in their own time. They ask little of others, and resent others demanding much of them. Whites are much stronger than people think because they don't reveal their feelings. Whites are kind, non-discriminate, patient and can be indecisive, timid, and silently stubborn.

Blessings