Sowing Your Seed

9-21-09
OUT ON THE RANCH it is a beautiful Monday morning………but a cold front is on the way. At least that is what Mike Morgan on Channel 4 says. We are supposed to get a little rain as well. I am kind of enjoying this late summer sunshine, but we will enjoy whatever comes…..by the Grace of God. Today I have to go to the other side of the river and check the cows and fence. Later on today I plan to plant some wheat. Cameron Dusek is coming over at 10AM to ride with Elizabeth. We had 28 people yesterday for church, which is a big crowd for our little church on the ranch. We have had as many as 50 and as few as 10. Yesterday would have been my mother’s 83 birthday if she had lived to see it. I went to check phone messages yesterday and pushed play on the old messages by mistake and mom was speaking. I almost lost it!!

The 21st has always been kind of an odd day for the kid because mom’s birthday was the 20th, and mine the 22nd. I can still see the twinkle in her eye and the voice that was almost eager to laugh. I miss her but have the wonderful promise from Scripture that I will see her soon for her trust was in Jesus Christ and I am confident her name was written in the Book of Life. Her race is run. While I am here I can enjoy the promises of what waits, but I must be about the Father’s business. Today is another day (even if it is a Monday) and I have opportunities set before me that I must tend to.

Well, it is evening now and we had a great horseback ride this morning. We saw a covey of about 20 quail, twenty or thirty turkeys, and several deer. We checked the fence on the other side and had the opportunity to visit with my neighbor to the Northeast. It was a gorgeous day for a ride. We enjoyed lunch with Cameron and his grandfather Wayne. Of course I had my siesta before starting to plant wheat. I really enjoy getting on my tractor and planting or shredding or digging. I guess I am just a big kid that still likes to play in the dirt. We had two sets of visitors that came in today to just look around. Our census on the ranch today, including visitors etc… was 11 people.
Eccl 11:6
6 In the morning sow your seed,
And in the evening do not withhold your hand;
For you do not know which will prosper,
Either this or that,
Or whether both alike will be good. NKJV

Whether it be planting the seeds of eternal life in visitors or sowing wheat seed into the ground for winter pasture we need to be diligent understanding that we don’t know which seeds will prosper. But we do know that “some” of the seeds will………..So Keep On Sowing My Friend!!

GOD BLESS
ALWAYS YOUR FRIEND
RIDGE
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