Harvest Ending & Planting Starting

     It's late October and I'm still bringing in green tomatoes to fry and okra seeds to store. I'll be setting up a cold frame or 2 soon and starting some starter beds for cacti inside the house.
     It's a never ending story here at Merlin's Garden trying to start a business doing things that make me happy and I can actually make some little money doing.
     While a grand dream is to be able to do this for a living, it seems Satan is always putting obstacles in my way. Now it seems one step forward and two steps back. But the Lord is always by my side and I see this time as His leading me through the wilderness. I just pray my wilderness doesn't last 40 years.
     I heard somewhere that if the children of Israel had taken a straight path it would have taken them 11 days to reach the Promised Land. Even after 40 years, after all that 1st generation had passed away, their sandals were still not worn out.

     Meanwhile, here at Merlin's Garden, I take each day as God gives me. Blessed.  Yes, some days I want to give up and cry and wallow in self pity that things ain't going my way. Instead I stand up and be joyful that things are going HIS Way.
     It's not how many time we fall that matters. It's how many time we get up.