A Land Flowing with Milk and Honey
"Exodus 3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey."
http://www.backyardchickens.com/classifieds/feedback/index/current/feedback/user_id/315709The phrase came to me recently.... It was a pleasantly warm Sunday day but not
a humid tropical one....We're closed to the public for sales on Sunday, and
spent that day praising God and rejoicing in our blessings and spending special
time thinking, pondering, learning and growing, and listening and reading His
word.
Having spent the early morning with tending the goats and
all the animals, and later pouring up part of the recent honey into jars, this
verse came to my soul.
I thought of how we came to this small farm in Bowdon so many years ago, going
through the years of looking for a farm place that would be called our farm
home... Where we could garden and be in a small, peaceful and Godly community
where we could grow in our faith and better serve Him. He called us to the
place with a name we'd never known because after all our
self directed efforts, He just brought us here, when there was no where else to
turn and in our praying He heard our heartfelt desire.
We knew the minute we arrived God had led us here. A place I first spelled as
Bowdown...And truly it fits our situation. We had been wandering around Georgia and Alabama and even looking further out
yearning for clean air and peaceful countryside. God placed us here in His
Time. When I see the beauty around me, the bees drinking nectar from the
honeysuckle and vegetable blooms, when I milk the goats,
my soul had to turn to this memory verse from Vacation Bible
School years ago. Thank
you Bowdon and surrounding communities for welcoming us so warmly.
Thank you Lord for your bountiful Love and that You give us What We need in
Your time....
(This humble article was published in our local newspaper, The Bowdon Intelligence, and The Garry Farm is most grateful for being allowed to share there.)
