Comments on: 1001 Gifts: #6 Living in the Country https://anitamathias.com/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Thu, 14 Nov 2013 01:12:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: RIP Buttercup Duck and Accepting Your Actual Life | Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/#comment-16981 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 21:09:52 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/#comment-16981 […] we bought a house in the English countryside in 2006, one of the first things I did was get two hens, and two ducks, and two rabbits and a dog. […]

]]> By: What I am Into: Fitocracy, Nicky Gumbel’s Bible in a Year, Malta, Salads and Augie March | Dreaming Beneath the Spires https://anitamathias.com/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/#comment-16980 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:38:43 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/#comment-16980 […] have done a lot of travelling, and live in my dream house in my favourite city, in my favourite country, with my favourite people. Have done almost every […]

]]> By: Jennifer in OR https://anitamathias.com/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/#comment-16979 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 18:18:37 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/#comment-16979 Loved hearing about your very specific prayers and the forthcoming answers…a wonderful reminder to me to pray in that way, that the Lord delights in this. ~blessings for a healthy and prosperous and spirit-led New Year! ~Jen

]]> By: Harriet https://anitamathias.com/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/#comment-16978 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:25:35 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/#comment-16978 This blog gives me much encouragement – I am a 'home maker' and I believe that we have been guided to live in certain places – and we have had happy homes for our family. Our cottage in the country, that has been our family home for over twenty years now, has been stretched and extended to cope with our different needs. We all feel a contentness there – which makes it difficult to leave. Previous owners have all lived there for an extended period as well. But I am learning that it has, perhaps, stopped me from venturing into pastures new. So our journey at the moment, is painful for me as we wait to see where we will settle next – but it is probably a journey I had to make ( and we have been able to keep out much loved home as well to ease the way). So, although things are a little uncomfortable at the moment, I do believe I am in good hands.

]]> By: Rhoda https://anitamathias.com/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/#comment-16977 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 07:14:11 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/#comment-16977 I love your last line there! I've just been thinking about the verse in Proverbs: 'The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy man will be put to forced labour'. Just looking at Proverbs I think God likes us to be diligent and hard workers 🙂 And that is a really good point that if we didn't have the blood, sweat and tears we would become flabby! I'm glad you got your dream house and got to send your kids to a good school too.

]]> By: Anita https://anitamathias.com/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/#comment-16976 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:24:41 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/#comment-16976 Welcome to my blog, Pixie Mum. I am glad you dared and won.
I tend to be risk-taking, my husband cautious. This gamble so far has worked. Our first did not. We bought a house in Minneapolis, where we had a two year contract. Roy did not find a job there, and we had to move, a year after we bought our house. Sigh.

Glad you found the right layout. Happy New Year!

]]> By: PixieMum https://anitamathias.com/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/#comment-16975 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:19:37 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/2011/12/27/1001-gifts-6-living-in-the-country/#comment-16975 Although it is not original, Husband and I will say to each other “Who dares wins” when faced with big life decisions. Twice we have 'gone for it' as far as property is concerned, once we had hardly enough to see us through the month for regular bills. Six years later we were paying school fees for son, two years later more fees for daughter.

The present, and most loved home is just a 4 bed semi in suburbia, and mostly is quiet since Concorde was grounded. More important, the layout suits our lifestyle. Husband and I can be together, or he can work in peace at his maths degree while I can knit or read elsewhere.

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