"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?" (Matthew 6:25-27)
Remember this, O man. Take the Savior's words to heart. Embrace and follow. Listen, trust, obey. The Master's plan worketh well. Like the clearest sun light, rising on the saplings back in the orchards in the San Joaquin Valley in California, the Lord's truth and wisdom provide life and growth. A tree needs sun light, and it needs water as well. In early youth I can recall wading through almond tree orchards during irrigation, when the canal water was opened up and whole rows of trees would be covered a half foot or more up to the levies in between one orchard and the next. With cousins or siblings there have been plenty of times I have gone trekking through the soggy ground--much to the farmer's dismay, and ours when we were caught.
When I would walk through an irrigated field, my feet would leave their deep imprints in the soil, leaving plenty of uneven ground when the water would seep into the ground below, drunk up by the roots. Uneven ground is a loss for harvest time. The almonds would be shook from the branches of each tree yielding the crop by a machine; the mechanical arms would grasp the tree at its trunk and vibrate in such a way to do the work in several minutes what any laborer with a long stick might do in an hour. After each orchard's crop is on the ground, there comes along another tractor which sweeps all the almonds into rows to be picked up later. This sweeping is most effectual when the ground is even; when there is a dip or hole, many almonds may be lost or looked over. This is a loss. We youths probably contributed only a small part of that loss with our fun. Our cooling off during a hot day caused a "cooling off" in the farmer's pocket.
"loss" for the farmer is gain for the birds and varmits, who are sustained with this produce. Even the birds are provided for. Do
Not sure why I brought all that up, but it was an enjoyable recollection. It's been a long week. To go on with the general theme, one is not to worry about his life, for the Lord provides all that is needed. One cannot add any good to his state, his health, or life span by worrying. The reader may still be scratching his head by the inserted ancedote, but you ought to know that this not fret. The birds are cared for! You, a human being, are taken into account; whether you know it or not, you are loved dearly by the Creator. O Lord Christ, multiply Your Kingdom! Show Your compassion on all that would receive it. May Your followers walk in Your steps; give wisdom and boldness, strength and sustanance to us, Your sheep, Your warriors of the faith. In love may we walk, and walk through rough ground, breaking up holes and dips that are home to wayward produce. If this be senseless to any, so be it! Motivate me, Lord! May it be so.
