Wednesday, January 1, 2025

A New Year -- 2025

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson. 

We have turned the page to a new year. I pray for the courage and stamina to face whatever lies before me. Things change so rapidly the older you get, but there is still beauty and happiness to be found. The words below are not mine. They are from a beautiful cowgirl, Cheyenne Greub, who I was fortunate to meet on our mountain property. Each fall the cattle are driven across our property getting them off of the mountain in preparation for the winter season. Cheyenne has an abiding faith in God. Ellie has been saved by the grace of God. They are connected with the natural world and understand the natural order of God's plan.


 

"The New Year will be here tomorrow morning, like a fresh blanket of snow on the ground awaiting the new tracks we will make in it.

Sometimes, our tracks will go through hard, deep drifts that take more effort to come through, whereas other tracks will be through mere skifts of snow, barely there or causing much concern or trouble.

Then, as the sun shines the snow will melt into mud and your tracks take care to avoid and find your way through until from it grows the green grass and flowers of Spring.

It is then that the snow and mud are a mere memory.

Every season brings a new adventure, opportunity, obstacles, lessons, growth and change ... and as you've come through the hard, deep drifts to the lush green grass tickling your toes and the warm summer sun on your face, you too will grow from all you have and will continue to experience and endure.

If you go in harmony with the seasons and appreciate all they teach you, it can be the best teacher, therapist and friend that the good Lord has gifted you.

Appreciate His gift, because not every day or season is guaranteed

Happy New Year - blessings to everyone and may the next 365 days bring 365 opportunities, lessons and adventures!

Have Faith, Hope, appreciate good health and live life to the fullest!

Musing by Cheyenne Greub

Martin Ewin Brooks Jones loved Mission Work

MEB settled in Vernon for a short time, and Martin Frank (my uncle) told me that MEB (my grandfather's great-grandfather) knew my Papa M...