Passing It Forward

Good morning friends. Let's start with the meat and potatoes of what's been on my mind this week. And then finish our hopefully short and interesting visit with a "what if". Tatum was at Grandma with his farm toys, a book called "Wisdom", and his farm boots. Wow, one could write a story on this picture alone. Where will Tatum be in 50 short years? What will God's purpose be for him? Will his Grandfather have had any influence, good or bad, on his future?

I'm a long ways from perfect. Just ask the family that gets written about every week. Forgetfulness, not big on details, and often too busy. But I serve a God that is perfect, and because of His goodness, what we have as a family is beautiful. Hazel and Jayden are showing some pieces of the Old Testament Biblical tabernacle they built as a class in school. 

Thursday morning I joined Zach, Elijah, Anton, Elliot, Ezra, and Adi for a high school chapel on Grandparents Day.

"Tell your children about it in the years to come, and let your children tell their children. Pass the story down from generation to generation". Joel 1:3 There will always be sticks and stones in our lives, just like the prophet Joel wrote about in the Old Testament. Harris helped me pick them up on Friday when he came to help after Grandparents Day. Jackson and Malaki helped yesterday.

On Monday we had another half inch of rain. By Wednesday we were spraying in the dryer areas, both custom work and our own.

By late in the week we were back planting both corn and soybeans. The kids, grandkids, and the help run multiple field cultivators, planters, sprayers, spray tenders, and seed tenders. I fill in where needed.

Yesterday afternoon and evening I planted corn since Kurt's family had a Boonie's wood fired pizza event to serve at. In Psalm 78, Asaph says, Hey folks listen up. I have stories from the past. Let's not hide these truths from our children. Tell the next generation about God's mighty deeds, power, and wonders. Psalm 78:1-4 paraphrased.

Late Friday night under a near full moon, things were rocking and rolling. I forgot to take a picture as I watched the action from my office in the house. I thought seriously about helping, but decided the next generations had it covered just fine. Just like Tatum, they started with farm toys, farm boots, and God-given "wisdom" passed along.

Thanks for the picture last night Kurt. Today after church our family is getting together for breaded tenderloins and pork patties, in the shop across the road because the cabin has guests. A blessing indeed. Our culture today is encouraging young folks to not, or wait, to get married and have kids because of convenience and finances. Jan and I had 3 children by the time we were 23 and 24 yrs old. "What if" we had decided or were not able not to have kids until after that age? There would be 26 less of the 40 family coming today. Accept God's gifts and purpose for you. Then pass those gifts forward to others.