Yesterday I hung my clothes outside on my inactive clothesline. The sun was shining brightly and the birds were singing. I wanted to stay outdoors but it was only 40 degrees and I didn’t have my jacket on. Oh how good my clothes smelled when I took them in. It was dusk and the birds were preparing to go to bed, and listening to them made me smile. I went inside with my clothes. I put on pajamas and my robe which had just been dried and I felt like a princess because of the smell of my clothes. I thought, “Wouldn’t we be better off if we always hung our clothes out?” I was forgetting that the pacific northwest usually has rain and we would have to dry our clothes all over the house most of the time.

And there were other things to consider. If we always hung our clothes outdoors we probably washed them in a washing machine like I used to have. It had a wringer on it and I had two washtubs which I would wring my clothes into. First I had to fill the tubs, one with hot water and the other with cold. and I had to fill the washer with hot water too. I or my husband had to get the water from the town pump and heat it on my stove which ran only with wood that we had to get from our woodpile! It could take all day to wash clothes! I suppose that is why we sang the song “This is the way we wash our clothes so early Monday morning.” We always washed them early on Monday morning.

There is really something about heating with a wood stove though. Not only does it dry clothes fast but I enjoy the heat that comes from the stove. It seems different from the electric heat. I have a wood stove in my family room and I enjoy every day it is cold enough outside so I can use it. So, I keep some of my old ways alive around me.

Have you read the Harbinger by Jonathan Cohn? If you haven’t, buy it now. You can get it at any book store or you can buy it on line by Kindle at Amazon. It is even on CD or DVD. He said in A Word From Jonathan that even before he wrote the book he made a recording that prompted people to hold showings of it in their homes for guests and churches began showing it in their services. because of that he began to write a book.

He says the book was writing itself. The words just flowed out as if the message was meant to go forth in book form. He didn’t expect it to go forth as quickly as it did and become a national best seller. He also says he has received messages from all around the country, Bible study groups have been formed and many people are coming to the Lord.

In one state every member of the legislature, including the governor, has received a copy of the book and several members of Congress have sent Mr. Cohn their feelings concerning the book.

I too, have read the book twice and I have ordered his Bible Study on the book which I intend to use by having a study at my home, It is a book telling in story form, the revealing of ancient mysteries of the warnings the People of Israel had. It  is the same as we have today and explains the destruction of the Northern Kingdom of Israel and how 2,700 years later the World Trade Center towers were destroyed on September 11, 2001. The prophesy in Isaiah 9:10 is used by Isaiah and also by many high ranking persons in our national government today.

Please read this book It will change your life as it has mine.