Hey Dirt Roaders!  How are you?  We are doing good.  Trying to “roll with it” as they say.  Some days that is easier than others, isn’t it?  I have been pretty busy with summer things and farm things.  It will be that way for a few more weeks.  Bear with me.

I have spent lots of quiet time in our swing this summer.  A few moments here and there to heal and to contemplate.  I enjoy going out to check on our animals.  There is peace in that.  There is so much to be learned in the quiet.

Life isn’t easy, is it?  I don’t want to make you sad or bring you down, but someone out there might need to know that they are not alone.  We all have to try to roll with it.  God has a plan.  Part of (if not all) rolling with this life…is trusting Him.  A big task, but the rewards are out of this world.

I miss my dad so much that I ache in my chest.  I am able to smile though…when I think of his daily life…now.  God has been so good and so very REAL through this.  God knew that He wasn’t just taking my daddy home…but also my buddy. He knew that my parents and I have always had a friendship.  It comforts me to know that God knows all of this.  Even though I miss him and it’s a heavy load to carry…I don’t begrudge my dad…one moment there.

That is the way with the Father.  He loves me…like no other.  He wraps me in His love.  Do you need to feel that love?  He is waiting, sweet Dirt Roader, with arms open wide. He will take you in…and love on you…like no other.

I am praying for you.  Each life that this post touches.  I am asking God to break every chain that may have you bound.  I am asking Him to bind up every broken heart.  I am asking Him to give you the strength to roll with life.  The power to trust. 

Love from the Farmhouse,

Kelli

It’s almost here.  The time to celebrate the freedom of our nation.  I told the Mr. that we should find fireworks somewhere and take our babies to watch.  My exact words were this:  “Even if we just sit in the truck and eat a bologna sandwich and watch fireworks.”  lol!  I know.  There is nothing too good for me.  😉

Our church family gathers at our house around the fourth.  We eat hot dogs and make homemade ice cream and they are invited to bring fireworks.  I love it. It’s so fun to open our home (yard) to everyone.  When I was a little girl, we used to do this at another family’s home.  The memories were so great for me that I wanted to do this for our kids.

I feel very blessed to live in a nation that is free.  I am thankful to be able to choose.  I think of this often when we attend church.  I am thankful to be able to worship God out in the open.  Not everyone in this ol’ world has that freedom.  It breaks my heart.

I know that America has her faults.  She is not perfect, by a long shot.  I pray for our country and our leaders.  I also pray for the peace of Jerusalem, as God instructs us to do.  I am thankful though…for the men and women in this country that have a heart for others.  Their main concern is seeing that others make it.  People that give their lives for their neighbor.  I don’t ever want to take that lightly.  Sometimes it’s the soldier, sometimes it’s the preacher.  Let that sink in a minute.

I hope that you all have a wonderful holiday with your friends and family.  I am heading out to mow the yard.  It’s cool and breezy here today.  What a blessing in July!  May you celebrate your independence and think about those that give all to make sure that we are free.  On that note…most of all, I am thankful for Jesus Christ.  God’s words says that when He makes us free…we are free indeed.  Now that, my friends, is something to celebrate!

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