GOOD SUNDAY MORNIN'

[Shortgrass]

Good Sunday mornin' to ya. We have had a good wheat harvest in our country. The norm is some exceptional yields for dryland crops(Like 70 bu+). I was visiting with one lady about their crops, when she related the following story. As a young bride she had moved from the city to her husband's wheat farm. Most of her knowledge of wheat had been gained from pictures she had seen in books of the 'amber waves of grain.' Her new husband and neighbors talked of how good the wheat looked. She spent half a day driving around looking for wheat fields, but could find nothing but fields of green grass. Her hubby got a kick out of her experience, and explained that the field of grass was indeed wheat and that it would become ripe and when it was ready to yield fruit that the stand would be yellow looking. I thought to myself that sometimes the Lord provides me with fields in which I ought to be laboring, but I fail to recognize the opportunities. I need to be more alert to seize the chance to testify of his goodness. The spiritual illustrations in that story are numerous—what do you see? Have your self a good Sunday mornin' and good rest of the week also.

 

[flrooster]

thanks for your weekly thoughts.although i havent thanked you before ,ihave made a habit of checking in every sat. night late to read your post.you have given me much inspirtion,and many thoughts to ponder.thank you,steve

 

[Soapweed]

Thanks for the Sunday morning message, Shortgrass.

A time to sow,
A time to reap,
But in between,
It must grow a heap.

That "in-between" time is "now" for all of us reading reading your message. We have been given Life by our gracious God. Now is our time to make it worth His time. If we give Him of our time now, He will give us His time and Heavenly rewards in the time to come.

 

[Clarencen]

yes soapweed is right. There is a time to sow and a time t reap, there is time to be born and a time to die. There is a time for gladness and a time to be sad. All this is in order, it is part of God's pattern and plan. To understand life and to find contentment, we must understand this.

We see many pictures of wheat at harvest time and of harvest, but seldom of the growing crop. Why is this? Is it partly vanity? I think it is. Doesn't this all go back to the writings in Ecclesiastes?