Abundance

When you think of abundance what goes through your mind. Is it having lots of money? Maybe having expensive things. We all have different ideas about abundance. My idea of abundance has changed. I used to think it was having a lot of money. I feel differently now.
It has been a year since my back inhury and I have not worked in 11 months. Somehow we have made it financially this far. Many times I would wonder how we would pay a bill and each time the bill would get paid. We have learned to live on a very tight budget. Sure we don't have a lot of extras but we don't seem to miss them.
This summer has been very abundant right in our back yard. We have had two different kinds of wild berry crops like I have never seen in the 23 years I have lived here. I feel this was a gift from God and there was no way I was giong to waste any of it. I have been canning jam all summer. First I used the wild black cap raspberries. I knew we had these in the yard before but this year they were everywhere. I canned them, made muffins with them and 2 pies. The past 3 weeks I have been picking wild blackberries. These I had never noticed before. I knew we had bramble type bushes but didn't know they were blackberries. I have done so much canning and there is still more to do. This is what I call abundance. God has filled the bushes in my yard with berries and the trees in my yard with apples and pears. I have canned enough fruit to give jam to all our 9 children and their familes, other family members and friends for the holidays plus I have some left over to sell. I will be selling 8 oz jars at my website http://emeraldhillhealing.weebly.com/ until the extra is gone.
Thank you Lord for the Abundance. Love and Blessings Anne