From the Home Place

December 2, 2025

Will you look at that, it’s 23 degrees at 4:30 a.m.! With that as a starting point, we just might reach the predicted 41 for a high. The ‘ol bones will enjoy some warm.

Yesterday morning, my dear friend Jowell was able to harvest a cow elk. What a blessing! We then spent the rest of the day and much of the night processing the beautiful gift of meat. Man, you talk about a long, hard day, but by God’s amazing grace Jowell will head back to South Dakota with meat for his family. Praise you Lord!

In my mind, any time I’m allowed to help someone put meat in their freezer, it is a gift of God’s provision. Not only did He provide us with the energy to survive a BIG walk in the pursuit, He also provided a beautiful elk at the end of that walk. Then our Heavenly Father provided us with the ability, the energy and the equipment to get the meat ready to be a blessing to a beautiful young family! God is an amazing provider.

Without God’s grace gifts of provision, we would all be sunk. Just put yourself in a hospital bed with a serious injury or illness and see how many things you get done on your own. Friend, if this day God provides you with ability and the energy, He has something that He wants to help you accomplish; praise Him for it and get to work!

We tend to think of all of the things we “have to do today.” Yet without God’s provision of energy, time and intelligence, we are in serious trouble. All through the Bible people have known God as “the One who provides.” Perhaps we would do well to stop our business trying to make a living and just praise God that we are living and that He is constantly providing for our needs! Praise Him for His provision, for His protection, for His power working within and through us, and then praise God for His peace throughout our days on earth, and Hi peace for all of eternity!

Praising our Provider with you, Neal