God opens wide His hand

About this time every year, I like to look back at all the things God has amazed us with over the summer.  This year, we have a bumper crop of blessings!

 (Borrowing words from William James, circa 1888.) 

God opens wide His hand,

In this our native land,

Year after year.

From His abundant store

He giveth evermore,

"Pressed down and running o'er,"

Our hearts to cheer.

The seed packet said "Mammoth Sunflowers".  Now that's truth in advertising!!  This one was easily 10 feet high, with a diameter of about 18 inches!

The sunflower "harvest" is put aside to feed the birds so that we can enjoy watching them from the window all winter long.

We have been very busy filling nearly every jar we can lay our hands on!  We have canned peach jam, blackberry jam (both seedless and regular), green beans (oh, blessedly endless green bean harvest!), squash relish,

turnips, tomatoes (another seemingly endless crop!), and pickled okra.  

The corn has been plentiful, and we chose to freeze it all this year instead of canning it-- some on the cob, but most cut off.  We still have plenty of okra coming in, as well as green peppers, and we will soon need to dig up the onions and the sweet potatoes.

God has indeed opened wide His hand to us.  

 He has not only shown us His practical provision, 


but his artistry as well...

The whole earth is filled with his glory!! 

Amen and amen!

Psalm 72:19

 

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Giving Thanks

 We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving this year!  As always, we had plenty to eat: turkey, ham, dressing, dumplings, rolls, casseroles, and pies, pies, pies.  Yum!

Feast!

But our blessings were multiplied this year as our dear friends joined us for the celebration (and brought about half of that food I just listed-- yea!).  We so enjoyed spending the day with Friends Brenda, Melissa, Josh, and Thomas.  

This was a wonderful Thanksgiving indeed.  

At the top of my list of blessings this year is great friends!