Storing Treasures

To treasure is to appreciate, to value, or to cherish. It might include someone, something, or someplace. 

There was a lot of crop put in the ground this past week, not just in our operation, but in the community. Below Kurt is planting corn near the Muchikonick Creek on Buddy and Eileen's farm.

Where we store our treasures identifies what our treasures are. What we most value we will safeguard because it is our security. 

Every year there is a couple of weeks where our seed shed is buzzing with constant activity. Usually the starting week, and the wrapping up week in the planting season. This past week was very busy.

Our storage location for our treasure might be a bank account, a grain bin, a plat book, a machine shed, the stock market, an affluent position, or our home.

When the crop goes in there needs to be a plan to get the acres sprayed or weeds will take over. Karl and I ran two sprayers on our planted crops while Jim, Matt, and Pablo tendered us product to the field in semis.

It's a fulltime job around our place to keep seed going to the planters as well. Myself, Big John, Papa Jon, and others brought seed corn and soybeans to the fields. More and more folks are either planting soybeans first, or have two planters, because both corn and bean seed were going in the ground. Below I'm bringing Alex beans near Fremont.

It seems in Iowa the frost tends to bring up "treasures" from old buried building sites. So yesterday Ezra and Elijah followed me with the Ranger while I was spraying and picked up rocks on a couple of different farms west of Beacon and south of Givin.

Jan and I quit early Tuesday evening and attended a Champions Dinner in Des Moines. The honored guests for the evening were the folks in the Iowa legislature that worked hard to pass legislation for pro-family, pro-marriage, and pro-life, so Iowa can continue to be one of the best places in the country to live. Many other states are similarly passing legislation in lieu of our declining national culture.

On Wednesday evening Jan and I attended the premier of the movie Nefarious at the Palms Theater in Waukee. It's a movie that shows the dark side in the battle between good and evil. The legions win often. This movie will make you think which side of the battle you are truly on. Steve talked before and after the movie. He said he wrote this story to start an argument, not to win one. Nefarious is real and needs to be seen. We were blessed to attend with both these friends and their families.

Kurt and Emily's youngest, Lane, jumped wrong and took a trip to the ER. He joins his cousin Sydnie in wearing a boot so things will heal.

Last evening was Pella Christian High School's 5th annual FFA banquet. I asked for a picture with our grandkids that are currently in Future Farmers of America. Amelia is the current president. John is vice-president. Ezra was awarded to top Greenhand award. And last but certainly not least, Rachel. I thank God for allowing me to be part of these treasures.

A simple treasure I get to enjoy is watching or hearing the train come by twice a day through a number of farms we farm.

2000 years ago Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount. In that message He told us not to store our treasures here on earth where things are temporary, wear out, get destroyed, or stolen. Over the years much of the stuff we value end up in the dump, like the one we planted next to yesterday. Here on earth we are to hang on loosely.

In that same message Jesus told us to store our treasures in Heaven. Now how does that work? Well, think about what can come to heaven. Our love for God. Our loved ones and friends who accept Jesus gift. And our memories and relationships of helping others and them helping us. 

That part of the message ends by saying that where your treasure is, that will be where the desires of your heart will be as well. Thanks for the visit.