Once Upon A Farm

I love this book just as much as I liked Rory Feeks 1st book - This Life I Live. There is something so honest and real about reading this book.

I can relate to just about everything, right down to 'white being my favorite color, even though people tell me it's not really a color'...... except the singing on stage and being famous part.... I can't relate to that at all....

I feel the exact same way about school- that pushing everyone to learn the same way is a bunch of bunk! That reading, writing and arithmetic are fine, but a child's character and life skills and compassion and heart are even more important....

I could have written about church hopping.... hubby and I never thought that would be us, but it seems that churches are either large, contemporary, progressive, and liberal or they are small, narrow minded, full of rules and bondage. We have spent alot of time looking for a home church, hoping to find the promised land, but somehow feeling like we are stuck in the desert for forty years. The older I get, the less important church is to me... and the more meaningful worshiping God on a walk around my property is.

Most people know that I try to live a clutter free life..  like Rory, I've also had a time in my life where I had this feeling inside that made me feel that I was close to God- like it was a tangible thing. That it was real. I really do believe that stuff gets in the way of us becoming Christ like. "Christ had nothing. Look around... you (we all) have to much stuff".  I agree, it's not just money or material things that are the problem, it's more of the worship of money or the things. And those things are hard to separate. Very hard.

When I started reading about Hopie's coming out, I was dissapointed that Rory was accepting his daughters gay relationship, and not just accepting it, but was planning on having the wedding at his home. But, by the time I got to the end of the chapter... I was right there with him. So while I don't condone same sex marriage, or abortion, or many other liberal ideas, I do agree with him on "love the sinner, hate the sin". They will give account to God for the choices they make, just as I will answer for the choices I make. And while I pray that I never have to be placed in that situation, if I was, I hope that I could show my kids that I loved them, even though I don't agree with them.

My favorite quote out of this book was the following: 

"We are all living somewhere between "once in a lifetime" and "happily ever after." How very true those words are.

If I ever write a book, I hope I can write half as good as Mr. Feek - to be so humble, down to earth, honest, and real. To draw the reader to his story telling.... to make a difference with his words. 

You can bet, I'm gonna read anymore books he writes and someday, maybe I'll get the chance to visit Cowboy Church, meet a precious little girl named Indiana, and shake Mr Feeks hand, and thank him for having the courage to be real.

Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher through the book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own.