1 Corinthians 3:7, “So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.” (NIV)
Galatians 6:9, “Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” (NIV)
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"I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth."-Genesis 9:13-TGH
"In the Lord I take refuge.
How then can you say to me:
“Flee like a bird to your mountain."- Psalm 11:1-THG
How then can you say to me:
“Flee like a bird to your mountain."- Psalm 11:1-THG
"God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”-Genesis 1:28-THG
"Let us acknowledge the Lord;
let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,
like the spring rains that water the earth.”- Hosea 6:3-THG
let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,
like the spring rains that water the earth.”- Hosea 6:3-THG
I wrote this verses out because I needed some reminders of how good it is to wait for things in life. It might be hard at times but it is worth it when you finally get to where you want to be. I got a lot of these verses from and friend but the first three I got from a devo. one day from the Proverbs 31 Ministry. I get their devos. through email and Facebook and I just really loved and connected with one of them. It was a new way of thinking about things and about waiting when God has you in that period of your life.
The devo. was about the country/farmers life and how he or her have to wait for everything or that is what it seems like. The 1st verse was the main verse of the devo. The other two were just at the end. I love how the writer wrote about Psalm 27:14 from a farmer's point of view. I never thought of it that way but it totally makes sense. I mean the farmer has to wait on his plants to grow, the chickens to lay eggs, and the cows to get big enough to butcher. They also have to do different things through different seasons to save their farm especially if it is big crop growing farm.
The farmer can only do so much to make the plants grow and animals ready for things that they need to be ready for. The rest is total reliance of God and waiting on Him. Sure, they can plant the beans or corn or anything else but to get them to grow really well and if it is a huge lot, farmers have to pray for and wait on the rain God sends them. They also can't control the chickens and their laying times. I mean they can try and feed them well and take care of them but again it is only up to God how well they will lay when it is time.
Through all of this waiting, the farmers do need to have a strong personality and hope. They do need to take heart and just believe that whatever God sends them this season that that will be enough. It is also good for farmers to have a strong prayer life because they can pray for those things too and again just hope it will happen. Just think, though, that good rain might be a long way out in the forecast so long way out that people don't even see that it will happen yet. There is also a lot of trusting when you are a farmer.
In our own little ways, we are all farmers, even though, we don't do as much work as them or live in the country like they do. Trust me I don't want to look down on farmers at all and that is not what I am doing here. I am just learning a lesson from them and we all could learn that lesson. I have and had some great farmers in my life and each one of them were so hard headed and really believe in the Lord. Yeah, they made mistakes but there is one thing that they never gave up and that is providing for their families.
We need to take the time to really look at the life of a farmer because when you really stop and think about it, they are the ones with the most patience and the most trustworthy and strength in God. I couldn't think of another profession, not even taking care of children, that would top being and trusting a farmer. I grew up around a ton of farmers and although I had 2 farmers as teachers and coaches, one was my grandpa and another one is a friend and then of course some of my friends' families. It takes someone special to be farmer and then a farmer's wife in some ways but that is a whole other entry. :)
Next time you see a farmer tell them "thank you" or just take the time to talk to them because they probably have some good stories and lessons to tell. I regret not talking to the farmers I knew a lot more in my older/teenage years when they were still alive. That will be something that I will always regret deep down and I didn't regret that until I read the devo. that I got the 1st three verses from but who knows God might give me another chance somehow. I'm hoping and praying that He does.
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