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...

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

My Reading Nook

 This is actually something I did a few months ago, it just dawned on me that I hadn't shared. We built this set of steps a couple of years ago for our son's wedding (by we I mean Paul and a friend of ours), but they were just steps.

This spring I noticed some of the boards had warped over the winter, so I sanded/trimmed them so they would fit in their original spaces, refastened them to the frame, and put another coat of poly on them so they would hopefully be protected from the weather. Then I decided to dress it up a little, and I enjoy sitting in this sunny little spot to read my book (if I can convince the cats to share)!

Here's what it looked like before:



And here it is after I made a few changes. I know somewhere there's a picture with a cat in my chair, but I can't find it at this moment!







I planted some pretty flowers in the pots as well. 











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