My Old Kentucky Home

We are back in the United States. The land where avocado and attorney is not the same word. (We were told Canadian French uses the word avocat for both avocado and attorney.)

We are in the land where no one is asking us, “Where are you from?” We sound just like everyone else. It reminds us some of the phrases we used to use such as:

Or, “Gettin too big for his britches”, “Fit as a fiddle”, “We’ll I’ll be a monkey’s uncle”, “Two shakes of a lamb’s tail”, or one I still might use on occasion is, “You’re gonna make me lose my religion”; which Jay’s response would be, “You need to simmer down”.

Kentucky is the land of bourbon and horses. We aren’t bourbon drinkers, so there aren’t pictures of distilleries, however we heard it is very interesting tour and explanation of how bourbon is made.

We just shared the one stop regarding horses, Churchill Downs. Oh my, this place is amazing. I want to go buy a hat and sip a mock mint julep.

Kentucky is the land of Fort Knox where approximately half of the US Treasury gold is stored. No tours allowed.

Our car rental seems to be bigger than our room on the train. You decide.

Kentucky is at the beginning of their fall colors.

We stayed one night in a small town called Lawrenceburg, IN. (Not to be confused with Lawrenceburg, KY, which are two hours apart from each other.) Lawrenceburg, IN is located on the corner of three states, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky. A gorgeous small town on the Ohio River.

Music is piped throughout the streets of their downtown – from country and western to Rolling Stones. Wouldn’t you love to be on the committee that chooses the music? I wonder if praise and worship music is played on Sundays? That’s what I would choose.

Pam, so sorry time didn’t allow us to go just a little bit further to see you. So close and yet so far away.

You are probably asking, “How in the world did you discover this town?” And, why is Kentucky mixed in with Canada? Kentucky is also the land of the Creation Museum.

The creation museum is about the Genesis six days of creation written in the bible along with how sin destroyed the good plans God had. Even then, Adam and Eve were allowed to choose their direction. We talk so much about God’s creation and experiencing the beauty in all the blogs so far. This museum helps describe the Genesis of it all.

We hope you expand the picture of the quilt to get the full circle of the 7C’s – Creation, Corruption, Catastrophe, Confusion, Children of Isreal, Christ and the Church, and Consummation.

Although evidence shows earth is more than 6,000 years old, the saying goes, “You can’t use science to prove or disprove the supernatural”.

2 Peter 3:8 says, “Dear friends, don’t let this one thing escape you: with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one year”.

Psalms 90:4 “For in Your sight a thousand years are like yesterday that passes by like the few hours of the night”. Could that be why some of creation appears to be older than 6,000 years?

Nonetheless this museum is well done explaining Acts 17:26, “From one man (one blood, Adam and Eve) He has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live”.

The only aurora seen on this trip was in the creation museum.

The grounds around the museum are called the Garden of Eden. I knew there were waterfalls.

Some say Noah’s Ark is in Ethiopia. We found it in Kentucky. Kentucky is the land of the Ark Encounter – a replica using the measurements spoken in the Bible. The largest wood structure in the world.

It took Noah 75 years to build this at the age of 500 years old. The three decks inside are full of information regarding what animals could have possibly been on it as well as what animals today came from particular species then.

The original rainbow and true meaning was given to Noah and his descendants, which is us, as a promise that God would never destroy the land and its people by a flood again. Genesis 9:13-17, “I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will remember my covenant between me and you and all living creatures of every kind. Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life. Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth. So God said to Noah, ‘This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.'”

Kentucky – also the land of a beautiful wedding location. Our dear sweet Shea baby and her groom, Damian, picked a gorgeous place, Versailles Kentucky, for their wedding. We are so honored to be invited and the ability to come.

What’s a little rain during set-up.

The trees dropping their yellow, orange, and red leaves as if to say, “who needs rose pedals to line the aisle”?

Meet the Comiskey’s. A perfect setting and a perfect evening to celebrate a beautiful couple. May the Lord bless you and keep you all throughout your marriage.

Thank you for asking me to say the prayer over the dinner reception. I am deeply humbled to have this special honor.

We think we’re done “Runnin all over hell’s half acre” and we’re goin back to “livin the life of Riley”. Which we would really say, “we’re headed home to our beautiful surroundings with our accents refreshed and renewed. We are so glad you could come on our adventure with us. Thanks for reading. We love you all.

Blessings, Jay and Kelly