A Very Good Friday

Early on Friday morning, I got up and started up the wood stove and put water on to boil.  Mornings are getting cooler and we are now using our beautiful wood stove for most cooking purposes, which ultimately means a lower electricity bill and a warmer house.  I then rolled the hot-cross-bun dough into twelve balls and set them aside to rise.  I made up the ‘cross’ paste and got the glaze ready.

By that time everyone was up and about, getting ready for a new day. Nancy and I milked much later that morning because we wanted to set a pretty table outside under the trees for breakfast. Molly, our cow, had to wait patiently for us to milk her!

I poured homemade grape juice into glasses for the younger girls and got the tea brewing. Everyone was around the table and ready to begin a wonderful breakfast together, unique to a special day.

It is such an incredible time as a family when you sit down to a meal prepared right on your own property.  Hot cross buns taste spicier, tea stronger, milk creamier and juice fresher than if you had bought it ready-made from the supermarket.

Of course we are still in the process of getting set up for life on our little farm, but even the little bits are rewarding.

I thank you Lord Jesus for giving yourself up on the cross – for giving us eternal life! You have blessed us richly and we are so grateful!

“Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands.”

1 Thessalonians 4:11

My verse for the week (above) has been my mom and dad’s own particular verse for as long as I can remember. They try in every way to live up to it.