crazy

ok..ok...so I'm terrible at  blogging!  Right now I have a ton of things waiting to do and I don't want to do any of them.  So...I wasted a little time via FB...read the blog of another farm wife and got inspired.

  Once again...it's planting season and once again I realize just how hard it is for me to "get it" when it comes to the urgency of planting.  Maybe it's because I was raised in a family that didn't own a house, or lands or other "assests."  Maybe it's because I was taught that my value as a person was not determined by how many hours I worked ( or didn't); being first didn't always mean the same as winning and that God's plans alway superseeded my human ones.  Maybe it's all those things.  No matter what the case, after 10 planting seasons I'm still trying to encourage my farmer husband that God's timing is perfect and that He can make corn and beans grow even if we never get one seed planted. 
As you're out and about on the roads and in the field, take a moment to be thankful for the livestyle we live (even though it sometimes drives us crazy); take a moment to be thankful for husbands, fathers, sons, uncles and neighbors who value the land and love what they do; take a moment to be thankful for crazy 18 hour days because it means that we still have our jobs; and take a moment to be thankful that God is sovereign and that he created a farmer first!  Happy Planting!

Question #6 - What does being a Radical Christian mean to you?

Question #5- What is the difference between the "privileges" being a Christian and the "obligations" of being a Christian?

Question #4 - What does "The Great Commission" really mean?

Question #3 - What does being a follower of Christ look like?

Question #2 - What does it truly mean to hunger and thirst after God's Word?

Radical

"Radical" by David Platt is a new book that Kenton & I have both read. We are now leading a Sunday School class based on the book. This Sunday was the intro session to our class and we came up with 6 questions for our class to answer. These questions were based off of our readings and they were questions that challlenged us the first time we read the book. There are no "right or wrong" answers...but we've found our perspective changing on these questions as we read, talked and studied God's Word.

If you'd like to join us, I'll try to post each week what our class discussion was about. If you'd like to read the book and add your thoughts that would be great! We have no corner on the market nor do we have this "all figured out." It will be a journey. A good journey. A challenging journey. Since the questions are not simple, I'm going to post them as separate entries. Grab God's Word, "Radical" and let's begin!

1. Do you belive the Bible is true? If so, is it relevant to our lives today?