It's Still Winter

One of my favorite things about my home is our wood stove! Not only does it just look nice, but it saves us a butt-load of money on our winter utility bills. As a one income family thats huge!! We never have to buy wood for it, because we collect and chop it all ourselves. 

This is me wielding the chainsaw at 7 months pregnant. 

Two summers ago, we had a hurricane that knocked over a mess of trees. My husband was thrilled! It was FREE fire wood! He spent 3 weekends in the blazing heat cutting up and hauling away lumber from a friends yard. He would come home smelling like gas from the chainsaw and hours of sweat, caked in saw dust. I have to admit there in the 90 something degree weather, I had a hard time seeing the value in it. I thought surely we have enough by now. Seriously it was MOUNTAINS of logs! Now here we are two years later, expecting snow on the 25th of March. I see the value!! 

This morning as I was reading my friend, Allie Casazza's, book Mama Needs A Reboot. (It's really fantastic, you should go get it...now I'll wait here.) Okay now that you're back. I was reading the chapter Mama Needs to be Ready. These words rung like a gong in my head "Having His Word hidden in your heart means it's there for easy access in difficult times. I suddenly remembered the wood stove and all the prep you have to do in the season of plenty. Friends I beg of you, do not wait until the blizzard is beating at the door of your heart, to scramble for fuel. Cause you can be sure a winter will come, you can bet your sweet bippy on that. A storehouse filled with hope and correction will be the difference between speaking life or death, the difference between wandering aimlessly or vision! Even if its only one verse a day, read it, store it up. You will need it, when you least expect it! 

Allie is The Purposeful Housewife. You can find a link to her blog on the right hand side.