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This video brought me to tears this morning. What a powerful depiction of the gospel! I saw myself in Kelly (the little boy) this morning, a lost child who has a father pursuing me now with reckless abandon. Praise the Lord I am his daughter through adoption even while I was still a sinner, and before i even knew he was my father…
“In love he predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will,” -Ephesians 1:5
(Source: vimeo.com)
Found this as I was walking to get eggs this morning… New life is in the air :) (Taken with instagram)
I found this man on 7th Avenue in Park Slope. He was leaning heavily on his cane, looking down, wearing a grimaced face. I felt bad for him, so I smiled and waved when I walked past. His face changed completely. He lit up, smiled wide, and gave me a cheery greeting. There was nothing forced about it. He seemed like a man who went through life looking for the smallest excuses to be happy.
I walked 50 feet down the sidewalk, turned around, and walked back to him. “I want to take your photo,” I told him, “because of how big you smiled when I walked by.”
He said: “Well I saw someone smiling at me who I didn’t even know. So I thought: ‘By God! I Better do something!’”
This made me smile… Have you smiled at a stranger today?
(via npr)
This is a blossom from a blood orange tree. Have you ever smelled one? I plan on making a perfume from just their smell. God creates such a beautiful smell in one small flower, while man could try all his life an never succeed at recreating such a pure smell. Not to mention how beautiful they are…
Driving home from TN this afternoon, the snow was breathtaking. The world always looks beautiful blanketed in snow :)
I am not a mom (only practicing) but lately I’ve been learning to heal with soups and homemade broth. They are wonderful… Enjoyed this post from NPR :)
This is Elsie. She belongs to Jeremiah and Audrey (Jon’s brother and sister-in-law). She is the family’s milk cow. She happily grazes on pasture and the occasional bucket of grain! She is very sweet and responds to her name. She produces some of the best milk i’ve ever had!! She is a Jersey Cow, they make the creamiest milk! It is creamy fresh and and soooo tasty :) I look forward to our trips to Tennessee so we can bring home more fresh milk.
As someone who loves making new things in the kitchen, and someone who’s becoming more and more of a health nut every day, I became so excited when I heard i would have access to fresh milk!! There is so so much you can do with fresh milk. I haven’t even scratched the surface of all the amazing things that can be done with fresh milk. I’ve made whipped cream by skimming off the cream top of the milk and running it vigorously through the kitchenaide. Something you could never do with store bought milk! I’ve made fresh cultured buttermilk and let me tell you it makes some awesome biscuits! Jon’s dad has begun making cheese from her milk… fresh mozzarella yum! It’s an art and a hard one to master but it is so encouraging to see him get creative with Elsie milk :)
I wanted to introduce her to you since she has slowly become and integral part of our family. Though she lives far away in TN I’ve had so much fun seeing the family come to enjoy her milk.
These are just a few pics from my short moments with Elsie:
Elsie thought that my shoes tasted very good… 
But my shoe kept her occupied for only a little while then she moved on to better pasture :)
I am thankful God created cows. I am thankful Jeremiah and Audrey keep her and milk her, i know it is hard work. Cows give us so much, and it makes me even happier to see happy cows. Elsie is a very happy cow, and happy cows produce very yummy milk!!
