Facing the Sun

By some miracle...and only by a miracle...we have a garden this year...

Between putting up a fence...planting a pasture...and putting up a barn...I don't know how we did it...but then again we didn't...He did. So yup we have a garden. It's full of corn, tomatoes, onions, cauliflower (too much for my liking, lol), cabbage, beets, cucumbers, tons of lettuce, potatoes, squash, zucchini, watermelon, okra, a lonely cantaloupe and eggplant, berries of all kinds, grapes, a few fruit trees, and last of all...my sunflowers.

I am not exactly sure why we bought so many heirloom sunflower seeds, but I'm glad we did. Not only are they beautiful and easy to grow, but I have recently learned a lesson from this wise flowers.

I started noticing it about a week ago. I would go out to the garden and all the sunflowers would be facing the morning sun. I thought that was cool, and it looked quite artistic lol, all of them leaning the same direction. Then I would go out in the evening and they would all be facing the evening sun. Pretty soon I noticed that it didn't matter what time of day I went out, they were ALWAYS facing the sun. Now sunlight fills everything, it's everywhere, so the sunflowers could just stay straight up right? They would still get the sun. But no, they face the big ball of fire itself 24/7, none of the other plants in our garden do this.

The question surfaces then, do I face the Son?

Do you face the Son?

Or are we all just simply soaking up the rays that happen to hit us?...and not receive the whole benefit of a one on one relationship with our life giver every day, hour, minute, and second?

Do we face the Son....I pray we do.

A Change of Life

My life has been changed many times by people, adventures, music, and God....In this case it was all God...He can make things happen at the last minute like no one has ever done.

Yup that's right I'm a real country girl now...

We've lived in our new house for a few weeks now, and I have to say I haven't loved any home more. Yes, I know this earth is not my home, but if there was a heaven on earth...this would be it. A little town in the foothills of Mt. Hood in Oregon. A beautiful mountain out my back door that I can see on clear mornings when the sun lights it up in red, pink and orange. The neighbors donkeys singing their awkward song in the morning and evening without fail. My friend Orion that I see out my window in that indigo sky every night. The red robins that hop around our empty five acres...but not empty for long.

The barn is almost done...the fence is going up soon...getting the pasture done next...goats will be here in a few weeks...oh yeah! And Kitty had her babies for those of you who happened not to see all my pictures...two beautiful healthy jumping girls.

I have never been so busy as I am now, trying to balance school with all the work around here is challenging. But, God is blessing and I honestly would not want to be anywhere else. This is my haven. A town of less than 3,000 people, a town you can drive through in a couple minutes. Boys with their big trucks, cowboy boots, and everyone with their cowboy hats. I totally fit in here. lol I was never a city girl, and now I can take a deep breath and embrace my country side. lol

I have big plans for this summer, gonna start my own little blog/YouTube channel on natural health and livestock natural health. So be looking out for that because I'll be starting that soon. Also will be training Nibbles to walk on a halter in preparation for taking him on some hikes. Lord willing, I would still like to go on GYC's  InterMission in August, but God will have to open those doors. Oh and before I forget again...I'll be 18 April 9th...hard to believe. lol I have been so busy it hasn't even been on my mind. Everybody says things are gonna change all of a sudden, but I don't think so. At least I don't want them to. Age is just a number, you can stay as young as you want at heart right?

Anyways this is a little update on my life...more will come I'm sure! Sorry for not being a avid blogger but country life has been demanding. lol PLEASE come visit me...PLEASE? lol I'd love to show ya'll around my new castle and it's grounds! haha

Blessings and smiles to you all...

"For I know the plans I have for you" declares the Lord, "plans for you to prosper and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future." 

~Jeremiah 29:11~

You're Never Alone...

I have felt so alone lately...well not just lately more like for a good six months...

I'm a very social person most of the time for those of you that don't know me...I love being with my friends...I feed off their smiles and hugs...generally I hate being alone...

The majority of my friends are a year or so older than me and therefore...since most of us are now reaching college age...they have left for college or something of that sort...jobs and the like...

I on the other hand I am stuck at home doing my geometry (my last class before I'm officially done with high school)...that is about to drive me even more insane than I already am...and feeling very alone...left behind...and stuck.

Oh sure I know all my friends still care and love me and such it's just taking some getting used to...not being able to get on my computer and have like five chats and ten emails from my lovely friends...Now you might be thinking, "Oh come on Megan stop being so emotional. People grow up, move on, get over it. Soon you are going to be leaving and in college two." Yeah I know and I'm trying...I'm just someone that needs people...I need friends...I need to talk to people...it's just who I am...I have to be able to share my heart my mind with my closest friends...it's how I'm wired. I need that comradery. I give you permission to think me silly.

Now you might say, "Well God's there for you, share your heart and mind with Him. No need to feel alone." And that's very true...that is part of what has hit me lately even though I've been hearing it most of my life.

God is the one that put all these people in my life. God is the one who is writing my story, and a good author never leaves his book alone until it's finished. Therefore, (yes, I'm going to be very philosophical about this cause I feel like it lol) I'm not alone, because the one who put those other "characters" in my story wouldn't just rip them out without a reason and without concluding their part in my story. Therefore again, those people haven't really left me, God hasn't left me and never will, so I'm not alone, far from it. In fact, I am no more alone than I was when those people were right next to me. There is just some distance between us, it's a transition between chapters. (man, I love metaphors!)

So, yes, I do miss my friends, yes I feel a bit alone, but I know I'm not. I know God is there, I know you all are there. I'm not alone, I'm not forgotten. I never will be. I never was. :)