May. 25, 2008
Making Do . . .
Posted in Single Moms as Keepers at Home
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I've thought a lot recently about the concept of "making do". It was one that my maternal grandparents were quite familiar with. I've been thinking more and more about applying it to my own life. Some how, it seems drab and poverty ridden, if thought of in the wrong light. But it is also resourceful and creative. Here is my most recent example. Usually when I plant a garden, my mother comes for the weekend, we go shopping, I buy the seeds and seedling and we plant them. There are certain things I choose, every year to plant, tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, basil and pumpkins. This year a friend has promised me seeds, from an abundance she was blessed with. Yet the Lord continues to providentially hinder her from bringing them to me. While I had a little money this weekend during my mothers visit, it was not what I would usually spend on putting in my garden, not even close. So, I decided to "make do" and see what God will do with it. I bought seeds in bulk from the local farmers union - rather in the little packets from WalMart (another opportunity to avoid WalMart basked in). I bought lettuce (due to my recent efforts to eat more raw), pole beans (take up less room) and summer squash. I had some "mixed" bean seeds at home in my seed box, along with arugala, dill, thyme, oregano and sweet marjoram. I also had both regular and giant pumpkin seeds we'd harvested in past years. Oh, and I almost forgot, the partial bag of potatoes that had gone to seed, we cut those up and planted them, too. So this afternoon, after my mother had headed home, we set to planting. ***Here let me interject a HUGE T H A N K Y O U ! ! ! to Mr. C. for tilling my garden for me, again this year. With the back problems I've had this year, there is no way I could do it by hand. What a a blessing. *** I still plan to buy several tomato plants and basil if the Lord provides the funds and we're still hunting for cucumber seeds -- that lady at the Farmer's Union said they are scarcer than hen's teeth this year. I can freeze pumpkin, beans, and tomatoes. I can dry store herbs and potatoes. The lettuce and summer squash are the only really seasonal things we'll be growing. This is the fifth year we've been in this house. It's also the fifth year we've had a garden. Every year it's a little different. We seriously grow as the Lord provides. We share the abundance. We are so blessed. While it may not necessarily make sense, I've learned that the Lord's reasons often elude our finite human minds. May the Lord show you and inspire you to begin finding ways to be a better steward by "making do" with what He gives you, even if it doesn't make sense to you. Blessings, MaggieRaye |
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May. 29, 2008 - Untitled Comment
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