Faith and farming

Farmers often make the best ministers because they don't expect everything in one day.
They live next to God's creation and are dependent on the Lord. Farmers have a lot of patience and faith in the long process of waiting for the plants to grow or the animals to produce. They just have to trust the Lord and not worry about it.
God does the biggest part of the job: He sends the sun and rain and makes the crops grow, and He's the one who causes the animals to produce.
If there's any picture of a quiet type of personality, it's the farmer. City folks often make fun of farmers, but if the farmers didn't take it slow, they'd go crazy like many of the city people! The farmer's motto is "Go slow." The farmer is a perfect example of faith and patience. We should take a lesson from the farmer.
Why is it that so few people want to live on a farm these days? --Because it is hard work everyday and takes too much dependence on God. They have to leave so much up to the Lord. In many countries, people are moving off the farms in droves. God's too much in control. It's too quiet--"too dead, no action," they say. But if they took time to really look around and listen-to watch the animals, the trees and the storms, and to listen to the thunder--they'd see and hear a lot.