Winter visit to Illinois, part 2

It's really hard to have your heart and your roots in two vastly different places. I'm so glad that I know GOD is the One who chooses our paths for us. I am confident that His wisdom, love and divine plan for His kingdom and glory determine those paths. The older I get, the more I cling to the story of Joseph - the amazing picture of God's sovereignty played out through incredible circumstances. My life isn't nearly as bizarre as Joseph's was!

Here's a photo I took of a prairie sunrise. I was staying at Mark and Janine's lovely farm.
If that looks cold, it really was! It was something ridiculous like 4 degrees.

These photos are inside their home which is to me the quintessential Midwestern farm house. It's as warm inside as it is cold outside!


Winter afternoons are perfect for walks. Here's the creek on our farm and the sun sinking over the fields.