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Is he taking a break, just pausing in his endless work day?\u00a0 Is he pondering the road ahead or is he remembering how many times he has driven that road? Is he taking his first ride on his new farm or is he filled with sadness that this will be his last?\u00a0 What does the worn gravel road hold for this farmer?<\/p>\n
How often do we even pause to give thought to the farmer, your everyday no bells or whistles, no power suit, or corporate businessman, normal “working man”?\u00a0 The good old country boy that respects God’s creation by working the land.\u00a0 The one who by the work of his hands produces the sustenance that feeds our bodies; the farmer.<\/p>\n
This farmer the one who sits upon the tractor in the picture above is a simple man, not in his thinking for he is very intelligent but in his living.\u00a0 He is a hard working, quiet honest man.\u00a0 He does what God has called him to do without any PR or any high praise from society.\u00a0 He supports his wife and family by rising with the sun and handling the soil of the earth.\u00a0 He has a strong, silent faith that his children learned by his example.\u00a0 He is respected and loved by his family and friends and asks for nothing in return.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He sits on his tractor at peace with his life because he clearly knows what that road has held for him.\u00a0 The road that God set him upon many years ago brought him to this very moment.\u00a0 The gravel with it’s awkward bumps of concern, deep dips of not knowing the future and flat distance have helped to form who he is today.\u00a0 He did not know where the road would lead when he took his first step upon it but he relied on God and his unending faith through all the hard times and clung tightly to his family in all the good.<\/p>\n
Not many people give the farmer much thought but sitting on that tractor breathing in the fresh air with the land stretched beyond him, he knows the simple purpose of life.\u00a0 He holds it deep within the person he has become.\u00a0 He has what so many search for in the noise and cramped spaces of our high paced society.\u00a0 He does not have to look for the quiet moments, he does not have to go to a park to find nature, he does not have to step out of the noise of the business world.\u00a0 He is blessed with the life of a farmer.\u00a0 He has what so many long for.<\/p>\n
Today try to feel that simplicity.\u00a0 Picture yourself on that tractor.\u00a0 Looking down that gravel road with the blue skies and green high grass stretched out about you.\u00a0 Where will that road lead you?\u00a0 Will you grab on to your faith when you hit the dips in the road?\u00a0 Will you cling to your family in your happiness?\u00a0 Can you feel when you breathe that fresh air in God is with you?\u00a0 What does your road look like that you have walked?\u00a0 Do you have that peace?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Step away from the chaos for a moment and search for it; the simple life of quiet strong faith, working for a purpose,\u00a0providing for others and loving your family.<\/p>\n
Such is the life of this farmer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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