The days may be hot, but my husband and I are preparing for the cold days to come. We have been spending our mornings splitting the wood that he cut late last fall.
My job in this endeavor is not too tough. I get to just sit on my chair; and push and pull the lever that runs the wood splitter. My husband has the much harder job of lifting each log and placing it in the “cradle” to be split.
Some of those logs are not too big but others are pretty large, heavy and cumbersome. It does not help that the weather has been pretty toasty and very humid. I have discovered that each one of those logs is different.
Some are nice and round and split like a dream. Others are kind of gnarly. Some look fine on the outside; but once the maul starts splitting through them, you discover the remains of a branch that the tree had at one time. The maul kind of has to groan it’s way through those logs.
The fact that I get to sit and push/pull that lever gives me ample time to think about things and life in general. I kind of pondered on the fact of how tightly those branches were fixed in that log. They do not let go of their hold on the log without a fight.
My mind wandered over to what it means to be firmly rooted and I am pretty sure I was given a visual image of that with those logs. I was also amazed how deep inside the tree those branches start. They were right at the heart of the tree. There is something profound about that fact.
I kind of wonder if we all need to be like those branches…. firmly rooted to something solid…something that does not shift with the whims of political climate or opinions.
May we be branches that start near the heart of the Creator and let us hold fast to that place. Let us put up a fight when something tries to tear us from that Tree. The world may shift and the world may change, but the heart of the Creator remains the same…..and I am eternally grateful.
Let us hold tightly without wavering to the hope we affirm,
for God can be trusted to keep his promise.
Hebrews 10:23 NLT
You’re both rock stars to be able todo this in August heat. Stay hydrated and take your time 😀
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We drink a lot of water while doing this. We have also been walking the soybean fields to get rid of the volunteer corn and water hemp. I much prefer pushing and pulling my lever to walking through those beans!
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love love love!
mind if i share this at my place?!
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You go right ahead. I would be honored.
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That is definitely a lot of work but well worth the time and energy. Where did the summer go? Words of wisdom and beauty. Thank you for the inspiration 💗
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I am just glad for the wood splitter. My husband used to do it all manually.
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well said, m friend and of course, I agree totally. My unusual year, personally, and the constant chaos of the world has put me in a place of seeking truth, getting quiet and embracing the steadfastness of God. . . the heart of “the Tree”. Beautifully said and yay!! for that wood splitter!!
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Yes! Yay for that wood splitter. We decided as we age we need to work smarter.
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You always have a good Christian message for all of us in each of your posts Faye. Thank you. I have helped my husband for decades with our wood pile. But we did it all the hard way. I gathered and loaded the wood when we were in the woods cutting trees. I could stack wood for hours. We are still doing some of this today and it seems much harder as each year goes by. Ha
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We did it the hard way up till 2 years ago. We still scavenge down by the river for wood. I kind of like stacking the split wood.
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Stacking wood gives you muscles. Ha
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AMEN!
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You know what ‘they’ say..A wood fire warms you twice. Once while cutting,splitting and stacking and again when it is lit and you get to enjoy a cup of coffee in front of it.
Ya’ll be very careful please.
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It certainly does!
I am looking forward to hot chocolate in front of the woodstove this winter
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I love your conclusions. I thought you were heading in the direction of the vine staying connected to the branch, but your word picture was much stronger. That’s great that you have the log splitter.
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I debated on the vine and branches but after seeing how deeply embedded the start of a tree branch is I changed course a bit.
We love our log splitter. We have found as we get older we need to work smarter!
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I’m always so impressed that you and your hubby are so self-sufficient!
Speaking of cool weather, my husband just went out to cover the tomato plants – there is a frost warning for tonight in our corner of Alberta!
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My tomatoes are finally turning red! I am not looking forward to frost at all.
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Grafted into the trunk, fed and watered by the roots. Good lesson, Faye.
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Thank you so much Oneta.
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What a beautifully written post! I have been feeling very uprooted, given the major changes we just went through, but this is a good reminder I don’t have to feel that way. 🙂
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I love the fact that no matter how crazy life gets…we are still solidly planted and secured to Someone who will not change and will not move.
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