Freshwater: A bunch of sickies

Freshwater

Located in the wilds of Wyoming, the name Freshwater was chosen as a Western analogy to Christ. Just as He is the Living Water, and we must have Him to have eternal life, any desert dweller knows the importance of fresh water to life, both for self, and the nourishment of crops or livestock. By taking nourishment in God and His word, we strengthen our own relationship with Him, our faith, and the quality and abundance of our fruitfulness.

Our keystone verse is from Jeremiah, Chapter 17, Verse 8: "For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see whenSave heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit."

The fruit that we speak of is mentioned in Galatians 5:22
"²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, ²³Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law."

And the heat could be anything we experience that might test our faith in God; trials and tribulations, relationships, anything that focuses our love and attention anywhere but on Him...

Saturday, April 14, 2012

A bunch of sickies

There has been illness sweeping through our house. My wonderful husband encouraged me to call and make a doctor's appointment yesterday, not wanting to repeat the misery of two pneumonia hospitalizations in recent years. We caught it in time, and I am feeling better! Heavy duty antibiotics, an inhaler, and cough syrup with codeine has got me all straightened out. Now poor Laramie is sick. She's running a fever and hacking up her lungs, so we're going to keep an eye on her, and take her in if she doesn't start getting any better.