Part of the Living Prairie Collection

The amount of faith that farmers demonstrate on a daily basis is astounding. Now one can argue that just as the seasons change, crops will grow. And for the most part that it true. Yet to seed a field still requires faith in an unknown future.

Will rain come?
Will it come at the right time?
Will it rain during harvest and destroy a bumper crop?
Will wind flatten the crop so that it cannot be harvested?
Will there be disease, insects, other natural forces that can destroy a crop?

And perhaps most importantly....Will the crop earn enough to pay for the machinery and fuel used in its production?

All of these things are realities, that city dwelling folks do not see or hear.

And you know for us city folks, it is not just the matter of the success of the crop, the lives of families are tied to these events. Should the weather fail, not only individual families will be affected, but potentially, our world food supply.

So perhaps we are all more dependent on the faith of the farmer than we realize. And perhaps in our troubled and changing world, our faith in our ability to sustain will need to grow.