Just in case you are trying to remember the song:
ALABAMA High Cotton(Roger Murrah/Scott Anders)
We didn't know that times were lean
Around our home the grass was green
It didn't seem like things were all that bad
I bet we walked a thousand miles
Choppin' cotton and pushin' plows
And learnin' how to give it all we had
As life went on and years went by
I saw the light in daddy's eyes
And felt the love in mama's hands
They kept us warm and kept us fed
Taught us how to look ahead
Now lookin' back, I understand
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Those fertile fields are never far away
We were walkin' in high cotton
Old times there are not forgotten
Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced
This is Makenna picking cotton for the first time at Nash Farm in Grapevine, Texas.
This lady would show the kids how to remove the seeds from the cotton. Then she would take the cotton and weave it into yarn.
A few of the Grapevine High School FFA kids brought their animals so that the kids could pet them. You could tell that the girl that had this one was so proud of it.
Decorating a mini pumpkin . . .
Nenna holds the grandbabies. Ahh, hmm... excuse me, the "BIGGEST Girl" and the baby.
While I've got you here, I have a few lines from a book my Bible study group is reading.
"The biblical command repeated most often is: Do not fear. Why? Fear attacks the foundation of our relationship with God... our faith. Fear is faith in the devil; it is also called unbelief. Jesus would aks his fearful disciples, 'Why are you so faithless?' because fearfulness is the same as faithlessness. Fear and faith cannot coexist-- they work against each other."
"There is something amazing about unbelief-- it is able to fulfill its own expectations. Unbelief is safe because it takes no risk and almost always gets what it expects. Then, after a person gets the answer for their unbelief, they can say, I told you so."
"Unbelief is actually faith in something other than God. He is jealous over our hearts. The one whose primary trust in in another grieves the Holy Spirit."
"Faith lives within the revealed will of God. When I have misconceptions of who He is and what He is like, my faith is restricted by those misconceptions. For example, if I believe that God allows sickness in order to build character, I'll not have confidence praying in most situations where healing is needed. But, if I believe that sickness is to the body what sin is to the soul, then no disease will intimidate me. Faith is much more free to develop when we truly see the heart of God as good."
"Faith was never intended only to get us into the family. Rather, it is the nature of life in this family. Faith sees. It brings His Kingdom into focus. All of the Father's resources, all of His benefits, are accessible through faith."
