I’m looking out the window. The sun has risen and the green grass is rising. We are into spring and I’m loving it. I can walk outside without shivering, hear song birds singing and geese honking.
Soon the farmers will have their seeders in full gear. Driving back from Regina on Thursday I passed a few. They are no longer the short boxes of past years, but huge monstrosities that encompass the full road.
Although farms are much larger than yesteryear, the farmers are themselves still lovers of the land. I talk to a number of them and this time of year holds excitement and wonder.
As I was reading my daily scriptures, I came across another person who loved the land. His name was King Uzziah. Here is some of the description of this king:
10 He also built towers in the wilderness and dug many cisterns, because he had much livestock in the foothills and in the plain. He had people working his fields and vineyards in the hills and in the fertile lands, for he loved the soil. (II Chronicles 26:10 – NLT)
Uzziah would fit in well with my friends!!