My Life- it's as fun as puttin' lipstick on a squirrel

As I continue to fast from Social Media, I am still finding a need to share the little things I love in life.  I call this my fancy horse charcuterie board. I have a knack for seeing the unseen and the humor in it all. I simply dug in my husbands scrap lumber for a board. Why? I was tired of cutting apples on my truck bed with the liner grooves and all. It was simply a way to avoid chopping off a finger instead of chopping up an apple.  We have a horse that is on the mend and we visit the barn daily. This sounds effortless and awesome to the un-horse people. But it truly is not as glamorous as it seems.  As difficult as the last month and a half has been worrying about this horse and it's needs, I would not trade it. There have been nights with blowing wind and head lamps, beautiful 75 degree days and all the weather in between. This Fall has thrown us basically all the weather curveballs at once!  The roller coaster ride of weather trickled over in a roller coa...

I have to admit, I have a big problem. I see beauty every day. I see God and Nature and all the wonderful things available to me on this earth.  I am not grateful. Instead I say the things I wish that I would not. This Bible verse is a shin-kicker for me. I believe Paul wrote this:  Romans 7:15-20 New International Version 15  I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.   16  And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good.   17  As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me.   18  For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. [ a ]  For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.   19  For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing.   20  Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in m...