Wednesday
It’s not the quest for “ease” in life that brings a family together; it’s the struggle, frustration and success of your accomplishment that bonds all of us to our loved ones.
………………………….
The first thing you must do is find the right tree, hopefully there is one that has already fallen. Next, hook it to the tractor with heavy chains and haul it out of the woods. You then must cut it into smaller parts with a chain saw, and move each piece into the trailer. Then drive the trailer full of wood pieces to the 2nd location, here you unload it. When you have a large enough pile, you hook the log splitter up to the tractor and start the process of splitting each piece of wood into two and more smaller pieces. As each piece comes out of the wood splitter, you then take it and stack it into the wood shed. When winter hits, you hook up the small wagon, drive up the hill, stack the wood in the trailer, drive it down to the basement and unload it on to the “inside” wood carrier, so you can load it into the wood stove, every few hours. You can choose to do all of this
OR,
you can simply reach over and turn up the thermostat. Why take the easy road?
Why not choose to do something that brings the family together, saves you money, gives you exercise and makes you feel great in the process. The same philosophy can be applied to having a garden, doing the dishes by hand, painting your own house, washing your own car, making your own Halloween costume, cooking your own dinner, the list could go on and on and on.
Lord, show me areas where I can bring the family together for labor and fun, and help us to stick with it.
Work hard so you can present yourself to God and
receive his approval.
II Timothy 2:15
It’s not the quest for “ease” in life that brings a family together; it’s the struggle, frustration and success of your accomplishment that bonds all of us to our loved ones.
………………………….
The first thing you must do is find the right tree, hopefully there is one that has already fallen. Next, hook it to the tractor with heavy chains and haul it out of the woods. You then must cut it into smaller parts with a chain saw, and move each piece into the trailer. Then drive the trailer full of wood pieces to the 2nd location, here you unload it. When you have a large enough pile, you hook the log splitter up to the tractor and start the process of splitting each piece of wood into two and more smaller pieces. As each piece comes out of the wood splitter, you then take it and stack it into the wood shed. When winter hits, you hook up the small wagon, drive up the hill, stack the wood in the trailer, drive it down to the basement and unload it on to the “inside” wood carrier, so you can load it into the wood stove, every few hours. You can choose to do all of this
OR,
you can simply reach over and turn up the thermostat. Why take the easy road?
Why not choose to do something that brings the family together, saves you money, gives you exercise and makes you feel great in the process. The same philosophy can be applied to having a garden, doing the dishes by hand, painting your own house, washing your own car, making your own Halloween costume, cooking your own dinner, the list could go on and on and on.
Lord, show me areas where I can bring the family together for labor and fun, and help us to stick with it.
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