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Psalm 62:6 “He only is my rock and my salvation;
he is my defense; I shall not be moved.”
When construction began at Rumi Rancho in August of 1999, many rocks had to be removed before anything else could be done. The land was filled with rocks--very small ones to very large ones. Some of the rocks were huge like the one in the picture that Chuck and Juan are pretending to move.
One day a local young man was helping to dig along side the construction workers. It was his first day on our property, located at the foot of the mountain; a different landscape from the alfalfa and corn fields further down the mountain.
After a week of working on the property the young man asked the other men, "Do they grow these rocks here on this property?" It certainly seemed that way, because each day more rocks appeared. One man answered, "Now you know why they call it Rumi Rancho."
So why do we call it Rumi Rancho? "Rumi", pronounced "roomy", is the Quechua word for "rock", and Quechua is the language spoken in this area where we live and work. Our ministry is built on Jesus, our Rock, our Foundation; it seemed fitting to name this place "Rumi Rancho", or "Rock Ranch", in English. And that's how Rumi Rancho got its name.
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A few weeks ago this gigantic rock fell into the
irrigation ditch behind our house. We had to hire a bulldozer to pull it out of the ditch, it couldn't be moved.
Hopefully, not even a bulldozer can move us from the Rock of our salvation. What bulldozers come into your life and threaten to move you from The Rock? Let's not be moved, not even with a bulldozer!