Season of Harvest
The most important time of the year is rapidly coming upon us here in the Midwest. I look out the office window and see that the dark green of the cornstalks is slowly being replaced by paler shades of green, soon to become yellow then brown. It will then be time for harvest. The fields, which stretch as far as the eye can see, that a month ago seemed to dance with every gust of wind, will soon be turned into mountains of yellow corn, ready to be used as feed, meal, or fuel.

We who are not farmers are oft times too busy to truly ‘see’ the fields. I personally drive many miles each week with these fields on either side of the road, lost in my own thoughts paying no attention as the corn fields transform from bare field to tall corn. So much happens around us that we simply do not take time to notice, and when we do, a feeling of regret grips us for what we have missed. The growing seasons seem to go by faster and faster each year, not just of the corn, but that of my children also. The toddlers who were bumping into things yesterday have become the grown men and young ladies of today.

There are two lessons we can take from this. The first is for parents, enjoy and be involved in every minute of every day of your children’s lives. There is no more important vocation on earth than that of parent, and none so rewarding.
The second lesson is for all of us. This lesson is taught by Jesus Himself in Matthew 9:37-38. The fields are ready for harvest. There are lost souls who need to be reached, but we are many times too caught up in the daily toils of life to notice. This is why the laborers are so few. The harvest is not just the job of the preacher. We have all been called to take the Gospel forth and to be a living witness to the lost.

Only the foolish farmer plants a field then fails to harvest it when ripe. The harvest will take place, just as our children do grow. The question is this…will you look in regret at the fields that had to be harvested by someone else?

Today, we welcome to this world Luke Joseph Robbins. Congrats Lyle and Stacy, God Bless.
Jim