(Stewardship 1) Seeking His will to take back the stewardship of the land (Rob’s Introduction)

We are about to post Elyse’s journal that she wrote for a few days starting on March 25, 2023. This was before we purchased property in Missouri and before we moved. We are now in Missouri and we have been so busy getting the house “fixed up” (an understatement that will need to be a separate post), that I hadn’t had time to read it. I finally read it and could hardly stop, even though it was well after bedtime. She caught so many of the areas that we are processing in our lives: the world’s systems (medical, school, food, city conveniences, comfort, etc.) which blind and control, compared to the freedom we have experienced that comes with hard work, difficulty and the need to actually think while bringing meaning, accomplishment and growth spiritually, physically and mentally. She talked about marriage and parenting (including difficulties in both), true inheritance and many other topics, all within the context of looking to Christ, depending on the Holy Spirit, and joyfully following God’s plans for our lives. She provided many of the key resources that have helped us in our journey. It caught glimpses of so much that we have been learning and living over the past year or so.

We are now going to post this journal, broken down into a string of shorter posts. It follows Psalm 25:12-13 for its format.

Who, then, are those who fear the Lord?
He will instruct them in the ways they should choose.
They will spend their days in prosperity,
    and their descendants will inherit the land.

I pray that it will challenge, encourage and make you think, as much as it has me.

To God be the Glory!
Robert Goll

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Here are links to all 16 posts in the “Stewardship” journal from Elyse’s Journal written around 3/25/2023. (The link will not work until the post is posted.)
1. Seeking His will to take back the stewardship of the land (Rob’s Introduction)
2. I. “Who”: Rescued from the System
3. II. “Fear the Lord” and “He will instruct”: Shake-up 1: Work System
4. “Fear the Lord” and “He will instruct”: Shake-up 2a: Medical System
5. “Fear the Lord” and “He will instruct”: Shake-up 2b: Birth System
6. “Fear the Lord” and “He will instruct”: Chain of Spirit-led decisions
7. “Fear the Lord” and “He will instruct”: Shake-up 3: Education
8. “Fear the Lord” and “He will instruct”: Aliens and Strangers in the world
9. “Fear the Lord” and “He will instruct”: Freedom
10. Simple, Abundant Living as a family wherever you are
11. Called to the Land
12. III. Land – “Inheritance”
13. Land – “Inheritance” (continued)
14. IV. How (resources)
15. Resources
16. Conclusion