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    To Everything There Is a Season
    To Everything There Is a Season
    To Everything There Is a Season
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    To Everything There Is a Season

    By Sandra Diane Stout

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    In To Everything There Is a Season, Sandra Diane Stout tells the true story of her husband's farming accident that took his leg, and other trials they faced as a family. Whatever circumstance you face in life, God will always be there to lift you up and faithfully walk you through it. His everlasting arms are wrapped around us every moment. Life isn't just what happens to us, but our perspective. She reminds us that no matter where our journey takes us, God has a reason for the season.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateApr 28, 2011
    ISBN9781449746759
    To Everything There Is a Season
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    Sandra Diane Stout

    Sandra Diane Stout is the author of children's articles and is published in Chicken Soup for the Soul. She's a musician and a secretary at Indiana University Kokomo and raised her family on a dairy farm, facing trying times. Stout lives with her husband on the farm in Burlington, Indiana.

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      To Everything There Is a Season - Sandra Diane Stout

      Contents

      To Loris and Esther Stout

      Foreword

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      Epilogue

      Glossary

      To Loris and Esther Stout

      Who raised their four children on the Stout’s Dairy Farm in a Christian atmosphere. Today the children and grandchildren are raising their own families with the same Christian values. Together there are 47 in the family.

      Loris and Esther influenced the family not only with Christian principles, but with strong work ethics. The family managed a dairy herd of 70 to 80 Holstein cows, along with raising corn, soybean, and wheat crops. Hay and corn silage were also important crops.

      The family watched Loris as he artistically created beautiful paintings and built memorable items every year from his wood working. Esther taught the women of the family how to dress chickens, make apple cider, homemade noodles and delicious rolls. We always looked forward to family dinners where we gathered around the dinner table and feasted on her delicious recipes.

      Loris and Esther instilled in the family the value of community. They left a spiritual legacy that keeps our faith in God strong. They left a family legacy that influenced each one of us. They left their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren an enduring sense of security and stability. They left the gift of a life-time that will touch countless future generations.

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      We rejoice in the hope of the glory of God. Not only so, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope. And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out his love into our hearts by the Holy Spirit, whom he has given us.

      Romans 5:3-5 (NIV)

      Foreword

      If you had life to live over, what would you do differently? This question was presented to a group of 90-year-olds who responded with a powerful answer. The answer to this question that causes deliberate soul-searching is probably considered by each and every person at some point in life. For the 90-year-olds, taking more positive risks, appreciating the simple things of life more, and doing more to leave a lasting legacy after passing from this life was the response.

      It is good on occasion to ponder life’s focus, meaning, and direction. It is good in the busyness of life to evaluate the process of building character. It is good that there are those who have been gifted to communicate timeless and timely truths to help us navigate through life’s experiences with its tragedies and triumphs, its obstacles and opportunities, its sorrows and joys.

      Author Sandra Diane Stout is one of those gifted writers who helps us to make sense of life’s myriad of questions, including the one asked of the 90-year-olds. She helps us to maneuver through life’s maze by sharing personal stories that challenge us to deal with life’s hard lessons through the persistence and endurance of hope, empathy with others, and faith in the good Lord. She shares about taking positive risks in the help we give to the hurting, appreciating the wonderfully simple (yet very powerful) lessons that a life of farming presents, and leaving legacies of love, patience, and kindness that permeate lives well-lived.

      This is Diane’s first book. It is a wonderful heartfelt journey through her first-hand experiences that have helped to shape her attitude, her relationships, and her faith. Diane, one who serves the Lord with gladness via multi-faceted talents in music, drama, and writing, makes us pause and consider the unexpected challenges that life sometimes presents. Through a variety of real situations shared by Diane, we realize that we are shaped by the complex pieces of life’s puzzles. We realize that assembling the puzzle can make us bitter or better.

      As the minister of the church where Diane faithfully attends and participates, I have had the privilege of knowing and working with Diane for several years. I have seen her passion for writing evolve as she has grown through the process

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