It is truly summer. The days are hot and the nights don’t cool down very much either. However, the garden loves this weather and the fruit of it is coming into full swing. I started a 5 gallon crock of pickles yesterday after getting home (14 day sweet pickle kind), froze another gallon of blackberries, picked 3 doz. ears of corn and today I’ll pick the beans and start the canning of them. I kind of love all of this!

There is a contentment and peace God gives when we surrender all to Him. I have known periods of this peace at moments in my life, but right behind it was great fear. The fear was always that if people found out about who the real me was, I would be excommunicated from church, my school and my community. Peace was superficial at best. Today, however, the peace that passeth all understanding is present and real. There are always things I wish could be different, but I can put them in God’s Hands and leave them with Him. I have to do this often sometimes, but the peace, assurance is amazing.

How I love this opportunity to be free in God’s Love!