Workin' on the Woodpile

  

Workin' on the woodpile is not a job that my kids enjoy doing. (I secretly think it's fun; even though it's back-breaking.)  We usually rent a log splitter for one day and split all the wood.  It took 8 hours of non-stop wood splitting to finish our pile.  The farm family was glad to see that split wood piled up and the log splitter being pulled away by the farmer on Saturday!  We usually all help out in hauling in the wood to the house and to fill up the woodbox.  The kids sometimes would complain about doing it, but one day I heard this quote and I just had to let them hear it! 

 " Now, I thought myself, "It ain't for me. It's nothing to me, but yet anything that's pertaining to God is part of me, no matter if it's... Anything that--that's for God's children, it's for me, whether it's my duty to do this or do that. It's my duty to see to God's heritage regardless of where it's at." See?

Just like you'd say, "Well, my..." Like you was a little boy, say, "My--my business is just to chop the wood, not pack it in. Let John pack it in. I don't care if the snow falls on it, rains; let him get out and get it." No, it's your duty as a--as a child of that home to see that that wood don't get wet for your mother. See? Pack it in." 62-0601 Bro. Branham

Stop in and get warm by our stove sometime!  Maybe I'll have something cookin' in the ol' black kettle or at least some hot tea!