StillwatersIowa

In Joshua 3:5 it says, "Get ready because tomorrow the Lord is going to do incredible things among you."  Does that happen today? Most of us know God is out there somewhere and in charge but does He show up among us? When was the last time you took a risk and did something that took faith with the possibility of failure?   We have to recognize opportunities. We have to be ready for action. We have to believe in ourselves even as weak vessels. We can't be scared to acknowledge God in public.   This is Monday at Grandma's. The kids are all ready to go swimming. They are just waiting for Grandma while she gets the little ones down for their naps.   When BJ mows hay a way from home he usually loads the mower and hauls it to the field.   This week we had a DeKalb seed meeting in Huxley to get ready for next years selling season which starts in early fall already.   In 1941 as a senior in high school my father-in-law ...

I have been reminded this past week what a wonderful country we live in. We as Americans too often take for granted the freedoms and blessings we have.   This morning I'd just like to share with you a few of those blessings that come to mind.   We are able to choose our occupations and our economy still allows us to provide for our families.   We still have the freedom to conduct business as we choose. Below Gary from Albia is talking to us about the possibility of trading planters.   We as a nation have come so far in feeding not just ourselves but the world. Forty years ago folks said we would run out of food as our population increased. With research and technology we have doubled our ability to grow food. On the right are some leaf blights in competitive susceptible corn hybrids and on the left are healthy leaves from our customers fields that are disease resistant. Our food is the best and the most reasonab...

Do you remember back in the day when your folks would load up the family on an afternoon or evening and drive to an uncle and aunt or some close friends for an unplanned visit?  Generally when you arrived someone would knock on the door or open it just enough to stick their head in, and holler, "anybody home?" Someone inside would say, "sure, come on in" and you would spend the next several hours visiting as adults and playing as kids. The friends you were visiting would go to the fridge or freezer, pull out some desert, and everything work related would stop while you all enjoyed each others company.  Today we don't just drop in for a visit. If we did it seems we would have to postpone obligations, cancel a string of appointments, or set aside an overdue workload. Our lives are in a higher gear. We have become more busy, more hectic, more complicated.    Sometimes we plan lunch at our house. Sometimes we plan...