Gentle Days in the Country

 I am loving every single minute being in the country.

I start my day with a memory verse, coffee and quiet time reading, meditating and praying.

The small devotional book on the left has been such a blessing to me these last few days.

Scriptures about the strength and peace God gives us.

"So He fed them according to the integrity of His heart; and guides him by the skillfulness of His hands."

I am in a good place here and it's a blessing to simply stop and be.

It's been a long time since I have really cleaned the front room and look who my cheerful helper is!

I've started from one end and am working my way to the other.

Louis Dean has been cleaning and scrubbing the decks and here he is repairing a gravity chair for me.

Rugar and Remmie come down every day to visit!

What a beautiful girl she is!

I love that the dogs love me!

Remmie sat right beside me as I stretched out in the newly repaired chair and enjoyed the cool breeze blowing over me.

I love the fall scenery here....

and the critters!

It's slow gentle days here and we sit on the front deck looking out at the goats and horses and dogs and I have felt myself relaxing all the way to my bones.

I'm staying in the moment and living now.

"Now is the acceptable time."

II Corinthians 6:2

We've had some good meals.....and yesterday we woke up to cold windy weather.

Perfect for oatmeal, bacon and toast.

We decided to go to town since it was too windy for Louis Dean to do anything outside.

Not nearly as many abandoned homes in the areas as there once was - but still a few.

Town of Mart!

We shopped the Dollar General Store and Read's Grocery.

I love everything about being in the country!

Dean made us his chicken tortilla soup for supper last night and it was delicious!

I've been writing, reading, cooking, cleaning, sitting, thinking, praying and just being.

Not nearly ready to go home yet.

When Louis Dean asked me, "When are we going home?"

I answer, "I don't know."