Pumpkin Patch Harvest

Happy fall harvest,

My sister and I took my niece Kadence to a pumpkin patch to pick pumpkins for her, my dad, and my grampa....

She picked out 1 for her and her soon to be baby brother

Madie wanted to sit and have her picture on her bounty

She tipped over Poppie's pumpkin

"Oh no, Poppie's pumpkin is rolling away"

Wow… what a whirlwind of emotions this week has been. Things are beginning to normalize here at home. Thank you for all your prayers and concerns for my dad. We are so thankful to have the family together, if only briefly. The situation with my dad’s health has caused of us to have a greater appreciation for our times together. We are trying to normalize after a truly terrifying experience.


That’s when I came across this verse:

“While the earth remains,

seedtime and harvest,

cold and heat,

winter and summer,

and day and night shall not cease.”

Genesis 8:22 (NET)

…..and it really spoke to me.

While the earth remains…. God is the Almighty Sovereign God forever.

seedtime and harvest…. God provides abundantly

cold and heat… through the good times and the bad

winter and summer…. through the coldest winter to the hottest summer

day and night shall not cease….. God is still God and is there with us through it all

Through it all He is here with us. Never to forsake. Regardless of the time or place He is here. Through the good time and the bad. Through the fire or when we are paralyzed by the freezing cold. We mean that much to Him. He is awaiting His harvest.

The end of the harvest is a joyful time in all cultures, and for thousands of years people have come together to celebrate and to thank the Lord for the bounty of the earth.

But the Lord's gifts are not only those of our earthly world; He provides us with what we need to nourish our spirits as well as our bodies. The Lord's love and wisdom are the spiritual food which will sustain us to eternity.

And one of the important ways we can open ourselves up to receive the Lord's gifts is by acknowledging that they are, indeed, from Him, and not of our own doing. In this frame of mind, the Lord implant those seeds of truth and good will lead to a heavenly harvest, both in this world and in the life to come.

“Do not labor for the food that perishes,

but for the food which endures to everlasting life,

which the Son of Man will give to you.”

John 6:27 (NET)

Tonight, I am thankful for my many blessings. Too many blessings to name. But above all I am thankful for the gift of everlasting life.


Blessings to those with abundance from the harvest,
Kristie