Sunday has a special feel to it. Cannot adequately describe what it is, but
the earth seems to be at rest and at peace.
I walked along Riggs Brook Lane this morning and found a peaceful
setting to comfort and still the soul.
They have been through the area with a bush hog (heavy duty mowing
machine) and I thought about the slugs that had navigated the slender grasses
to reach the pollen laden tops and wondered how they will weather the winter or
not. It was sad to see the stand of
Golden Rod all mashed down into the surrounding area and the Queen Anne’s Lace
is no more. I am glad that I took
pictures of it when it was in its glory.
As I turned a corner I got a real surprise – about 4 adult wild turkeys
and at least a dozen chicks were out in the field. They are pretty scrawny so I wonder why
people hunt them for food – they look like they are only a toothful .
The horses greeted me and looked like they needed a helping
of apples or grain. They are beautiful
animals. In the field next to them
someone has planted row upon row of what looks like a vining plant. I guess these plants are either pumpkin,
winter squash or pickling cucumbers but they are only up about 6 to 8 inches
and it is late in the season to be growing anything. This field has been fallow all summer
long. The plants look healthy enough but
is there enough sunlight and warmth to help them to maturity? Already some of the Maples have started to
change colors and I notice that a few Oaks have started to drop their
leaves. Aaaaahhhh! Leaf raking time –
kids jumping in the leaves, and then comes Halloween and I notice that the
stores are already sporting Halloween themed candies, house decorations and
dress up costumes. It isn’t even
September and they are rushing the season a bit. In one store I have already noted that they
have their Christmas Stuff out.
Our Sacrament meeting was very moving. The speaker talked about families and how
important the family is to the nurturing of happy well adjusted children. He talked of rules in the family and he said
that in his family they have a 7prayers a day rule. When you first get up, greet the Lord and
greet the day with prayer, pray before each meal (now total of 4) family prayer
with all the members of the family kneeling together, prayer before you read
the scriptures to ask for help in understanding what you have read, and prayer
before you go to bed. It does not hurt
to keep in contact with the Lord.
He quoted one of our church leaders as saying that “Women
were God’s crowing creation”, and that men everywhere would do well to remember
that. He noted that too many men are so
Macho that they would rather exercise their energies in “keeping the little
woman in her place” when in fact, the men could progress further and higher in
the Lord’s kingdom if they nurtured their wives and daughters and held them in
the esteem the Lord accords them.
Nurturing is good.
In the afternoon we attended the baptism of the bishop’s son
Peter. It was the most spiritual baptismal
meetings I have ever attended. This
little boy is a very special little boy and if he keeps going the way he has
started out, he will be a real stand out among the ranks of his peers.
Bill went home teaching after the baptismal meeting and I
came home. I picked up the Ipad and
began to try to figure it out. Ended up
reading a number of the April 2012
General Conference talks. I like the
Ipad because the print is larger than my scriptures (book) and the color is
crisp and clear and I can see it easily.
I cannot wait till I get to see my eye doctor in Prescott – I need new
glasses for sure.
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