June 29th

Concentration on writing and reading this evening is proving to be a difficult task. My mind’s ear keeps drifting to listen to an inner voice that is stress-fully venting about the dry, crisp pastures and hayfields at home. Soon, our cattle will be lumbering to the gate in search of their next meal. The hay we will be feeding them now was intended for the cold days of winter. As the hayfields are at a growth stand-still, this food source may not be replaced.

Many farmers who have a supplementary supply of hay are choosing not to sell the extra grass feed, for they are also wondering if this springs harvest of hay may be the only harvest taken for the rest of  the year..

As my inner voice wagers over this subject, another voice pipes into my thoughts. This voice brings my train of cognition back to the college class assignments at hand.

The stress I’m experiencing is due to concern about the unknown future. In the recent assignment context of “what I believe,” this worry sends me in search of counsel from the one who commands the skies.

I believe my Lord always provides.

Sometimes the forms of provision are not exactly what my simple human outlook would have in mind, but no matter the issue, God has, and will, always provide for my needs.

Mathew 6:27-34

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27“And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? 28“And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 30“But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! 31“Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ 32“For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33“But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

      34“So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

My family and I will be searching for hay in preparation for what is looking to be a rainless summer. But I will be asking God to help me lay my cares before him. For what can a person gain by worry?