Harvest Lane Cottage

Sometimes ... life isn't very happy ... things don't work out the way you want them to ... the world seems to spin out of control ... finances are a struggle ... loved ones are straying ... illness prevails ... prayers seem to go unanswered ... loved ones pass on ... your children are prodigals ... ... ... .... You could fill in the blank spaces with any number of things.  But God. God is still on the throne.  God is still in control.  God still loves us so much that He sent His only Son, Jesus, to die for our sins.  He loves us so much that He sent His Holy Spirit to comfort us.  I don't know all the answers, but I know this. No matter what I see,  no matter what I hear,  no matter what I feel,  I will yet praise Him. There is No One else. No One else to turn to. No other god is truly God. My loved ones are safe in His care. I will continue to pray for them. I choose to trust Him. I choose peace. I...

Mother Judith Ann Benson Lane 1940-2013 May her name be blessed forever. I will miss her for the rest of my life. I am blessed to call her Mother. She called me her daughter. I thank God for my mother-in-love. She taught me about love and encouragement. I know that someday I will be a good mother-in-law because I was taught by the best. Jesus, I thank you that we'll be together again one day. Please tell Mother I love her. ~~~~~ Dear Readers, Please forgive me if I do not respond to your comments in a timely manner.  My dear mother-in-love went to be with Jesus quite unexpectedly late Thursday night.  My attentions will be elsewhere for awhile.  Right now, my family needs me, and I need them.  May God bless you all during this Thanksgiving season.  Please, please take lots of photos.  Please, please make sure you've made peace with your loved ones.  I don't have near as many photos as I wish I did.  I haven...

Hello!  We're the Lane Family.  I'm Laura Lane. My husband, Lowell, works at a church.  My eldest, Matthew, graduated in 2009.  He attended high school after being homeschooled for 10 years.  I currently homeschool Emily, 16, Michael, 14, and Amy, 12.  We're rather relaxed, eclectic homeschoolers.  I didn't really plan it that way, but life happens when you have a husband who is in ministry.  There's a bit of drop everything and go when he calls to our life.  Two years ago, our area was devastated by what the world knows as the Joplin, Missouri tornado.  We live about ten miles from Joplin.  A couple of days after the tornado, my husband walked in and asked Pastor Dan what he could do to help.  He walked out with a job as the coordinator and community liaison and a plan to house volunteers in the vacant house next door (about 400 over the summer by his estimates).   Though we no longer have volunteers staying ...

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