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Last weekend while at beautiful Bear Lake, I found myself bustling around in my kitchen, making dinner for my family. I was feeling a little bit glum, I hate to admit. There were several issues weighing heavily on my mind. Nothing major, life changing or out of the ordinary. Just regular, day-to-day worries smoldering around, giving me grief. That’s the thing about worry and fear, you know. Once you let them hang around too long they build themselves up into A Big Pot of Trouble.
I looked out my kitchen window and noticed two hulking, brown masses rummaging around in my backyard.
Woah, man. I thought. Look who has shown up for dinner.
A beautiful creature from the wild.
One big Mama (or Daddy?) Moose and one young calf.
They were hungry…
super hungry.
They pawed around in my backyard for nearly an hour.
Chewing on leaves.
Nibbling on bushes.
Storing up for the coming winter.
All of my neighbors came out quietly to peek at them. People parked cars on the dirt road in front of my house and snuck to the backyard to take a few pictures and shoot a video or two. We were a horde of spellbound onlookers.
It was an amazing sight to behold. Very out of the ordinary.
Made my day, in fact. My Big Pot of Troublesome Worries sort of evaporated for the time being.
Must have been the gentle reminder that there is beautiful, amazing, life going on all around me, every second of every day.
I thought about this scripture in Luke 12:6-7…
“Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. ”
What a wonderful blessing from the Lord that prompts us to reflect and reminds us of His great love for all. We have an awesome God. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Jamie, needed that today 🙂
I blog really ministered to me today. Thank you for hearing and obeying the voice of God in your blog. God rested and enjoyed what he created and we should do the same. Thank you again
Thank you for this…I needed to see it and read that scripture today…how great is our God that he supplies all our needs even when we didn’t know what we really needed…God Bless
I don’t think Babs meant the content of the blog itself. I think she meant all the ads. They pop up and move the content aside and block out the good stuff if you accidently roll over one. At least that’s the way I read her comment. I love the pictures, the inspirational post, and the recipes too. I’m a new subscriber and look forward to many more posts.
Beautiful words written by a beautiful woman. Learn from you everyday. Love you dearly.
Thank you for all of your sweet comments, everyone. 🙂 Made my weekend.
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo Loved this!
I agree with Sherri, I think babs has been attacked unfairly. I also love your site, recipes & posts with or without a recipe. The ads, however are very annoying & distracting. I think that is what babs meant, at least that is what I got from her comment. Replies to her comment have been very mean spirited. Thank you Jamie, I am a subscriber & love your recipes & stories. God bless!
Most of the comments in reply to Babs were not mean spirited at all! With regard to the ads..those are what gives Jamie the ability to post and for us to get these recipes for free. Most of us just wanted Jamie to know that we love whatever she decides to post.
What I was referring to was that some people seemed to jump immediately to the conclusion that Babs was condemning Jamie for her post about God’s glory & not posting a recipe. I did not see it that way & that is why I agreed with Sherri. She stated that the ads block out the content & make it harder to read the blog. I realize that some ads are needed to help with cost, I also know they are obtrusive & cause some people to stop going to those sites. I consider comments such as “happy trails, babs”, “I’m glad to see babs go”, & “bye, bye babs, good riddance” to be rude & mean & unnecessary on a beautiful blog such as Jamie’s. Most comments were positive without attacking Babs, others were uncalled for. I simply agreed with Sherri, why did you not address her comment as you did mine, when essentially we said the same thing?
Hello all,
I wanted to thank you all for your comments on this post. I have contacted Babs (the first comment on this post) to discover a little more about her feedback. She doesn’t have a complaint about the written content, rather the ads that pop up and block the content… which I can understand and have been frustrated with myself. There has been a big shift in the online advertising industry over the past year and I am currently working with my publishing networks towards securing ads that aren’t so intrusive to the written content. Thanks for your patience and I apologize if you have come to a recipe that is covered with an ad that is hard to remove and obnoxious. (I know I have). Thanks to all of you regular followers who come here to read my words and try these recipes. I truly appreciate you. 🙂
~Jamie Cooks It Up!