... it pours! At least, tonight, it's absolutely pouring cats and dogs - right on top of our compound this time :) But now I'm worrying about my poor little babies out in the garden. My little bell peppers were just poking their wee heads out of the ground. Three or four little cucumbers were newly greeting the sun this afternoon, and my little patch of rocket is just half an inch high, delicate little two leaved plants. So many of these little plants just seem like they're clinging to life, springing forth from the dark earth... and now they're getting pounded by the rain :( I know - you're probably thinking, she's never happy! Last night, I complained because there was not enough rain here, tonight, I'm complaining because there's too much rain.
I don't know how subsistence farmers, or even "career" farmers do it. I just have a tiny little patch of ground, which I don't depend on for my livelihood or daily meals, but I find myself getting alll stressed about the weather these days! I really don't think I could I could handle the uncertainty of truly farming.
It would probably be very good for my faith, though! I mean, the Lord is the one in control of when and where the rain falls! It's something that is completely out of my control. And yet, in general, the rain comes when it's needed, and most people, in general (though I certainly know it's not guaranteed and doesn't happen all the time) have what they need.
I pray that this rainy season will be a good one for the folks in this country. And that when it is a good rainy season, people really will give glory and praise to God's graciousness in sending the rain at just the right time, in just the right amounts.
I don't know how subsistence farmers, or even "career" farmers do it. I just have a tiny little patch of ground, which I don't depend on for my livelihood or daily meals, but I find myself getting alll stressed about the weather these days! I really don't think I could I could handle the uncertainty of truly farming.
It would probably be very good for my faith, though! I mean, the Lord is the one in control of when and where the rain falls! It's something that is completely out of my control. And yet, in general, the rain comes when it's needed, and most people, in general (though I certainly know it's not guaranteed and doesn't happen all the time) have what they need.
I pray that this rainy season will be a good one for the folks in this country. And that when it is a good rainy season, people really will give glory and praise to God's graciousness in sending the rain at just the right time, in just the right amounts.
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