God is so cool. He really made life simple. We make life complicated. His life strategies go all the way back to the farm, The Garden of Eden. After “He created” the Garden and man, He “took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and keep it.” Genesis 2:15. Principle …
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The Law Of The Farm: The Soil
The remarkable thing about soil is that it does not care what is planted. It will give as much effort to grow weeds as rice, soybeans, or corn. Dad’s seed supplier provided him with the ancestry of the seed and the confidence that the seed was not contaminated with weed seed. A bad batch of …
Law of The Farm: Confidence
This is what a newly planted rice field looked like when my dad finished. After all the work and money, when he pulled the equipment & men out of the field there was nothing to show for it. Or was there? I never saw dad come home from planting all day and worry all night …
Law Of The Farm: The Supplier Of The Seed
On the Farm we never wanted to run out of seed… never. But we also didn’t want to buy too much seed because we did not have a temperature-controlled storage. One afternoon dad sent one of the men to Alice-Sidney Dryer & Seed Co in Dermott, Arkansas to get a pickup truck load of rice …
Law of the Farm: The Secret Is In The Seed
This is a rice seed. It came from a field where my grandpa raised rice in the 1940’s. It’s pretty small but God uses the least likely to teach His Principles. These Principles are timeless. It’s called Wisdom. Do you find yourself working harder & longer for less? Do you find it harder & harder …
Law of the Farm: The Process of Corn On The Cob
Maybe you are like me. I love fresh corn on the cob. If you are lucky enough to get Esau Farms corn, you will be Blessed. It comes right out to the field in a huge sack. Ready for shucking & eating. But the sack of corn didn’t just happen. Did you know, “corn takes …
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Lesson From The Farm: “Bringing In The Sheaves”
I remember singing the old hymn, “Bringing In The Sheaves,” in the Hamburg Methodist Youth Choir. My buddies and I could really belt out the chorus. Even though I grew up on the farm I didn’t get it. I didn’t understand the process…the hard work of harvest. Picture 1: Harvest began with cutting the wheat, …
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Law Of The Farm: He Plowed The Beans Up…
A few days after the field of soybeans was planted it rained. It rained so much it flooded the field. Thankfully, we had several days of warm sunshine and wind to dry out the field. I remember the afternoon I walked with dad over the field. It had spotty green patches because only about half …
Lesson From The Farm: We Harvest What We Farm
The fundamentals of life are found on the farm. Afterall, that is where God started man… in the Garden of Eden. It was on the farm that God set life applications in place. I grew up on a rice & soybean farm outside of Hamburg, Arkansas. Here are some of the applications I recognize. I …
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Lessons From The Farm: “Do The Lights On Your Tractor Work?” Part 2
Growing up on the farm meant getting started early and working late. Usually, it began as the sun was coming up and working until the sun went down. But on this day…it went past “dark-30”. Planting & harvest have windows of time when they must be done. If a farmer misses the planting days, there …
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