😎🐫🎤 Christ’s peace and presence be with you. The past 2 ½ weeks have certainly been a lesson in patience. Brian and I planned to take May 6th – 10th off work to, 1) Kill weeds, level our lot, seed it, fertilize, and cover it with straw. 2) Add gravel to the driveway and level it. The big rental equipment, top soil, and gravel delivery arrangements were confirmed. Gravel work began on May 3rd. Earthwork began on May 4th. Multiple equipment malfunctions caused work stoppage and stress levels to rise. The morning of May 7th the rains came in and continued for a few days. We couldn’t work on the lot, so I went back to work for the rest of the week. By the evening of May 9th, this is what the back of our lot looked like.
Needless to say, we needed a few days of good weather, to get this “lake” dried up. May 13th we were back at it. Brian was able to get most of the lot slice seeded. We put starter fertilizer down, and spread 20 bales of straw, which only covered about 1/6th of what needed to be covered. May 14th the rains returned and our project was once again put on a weather hold. But check out this amazing sunset from May 17th.
My daughter Lori commented, “The sky has some good lawn lines.” That cracked me up. As a result of our lawn care and landscaping business days, my girls have come to appreciate a lawn with good mowing lines. I like to think this sunset was God showing me His blessing was upon our lawn.
On May 19th we were able to get heavy equipment on the lot again, so we rented a straw blower. We overseeded most of the lot and blew around 60 bales of straw. On May 21st we received another truck of topsoil and were able to start backfilling around the back porch and sidewalk.
I’m happy to say, the seed we planted on May 13th has started to come up. Thank You Lord! During this process, I have certainly gained a greater appreciation for farmers. Our little seeds are changing from seeds to grass, which will eventually become a lawn. In a like manner, those seeds of patience the Lord is planting in me will spring forth new life and allow me to better server the Lord. As I’ve heard people say many times before, you should never pray for patience. Patience isn’t something you just get. It’s something you learn through the experiences and trials you encounter.
Bless others and be blessed.
Shelly :0)
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