I don't think a person could grow corn and watch the stages it goes through closely, and not believe in God. Other things that grow show there is a God too, but corn...Ahhhhh! If you have room in your garden, grow corn!
The first year that I actually watched the stages it goes through, I was amazed. There it was....tall and green and beautiful, waving in the breeze.
But...the tassles came on (where the pollen is developed) and I thought the ears should be on there already so that the pollen could do its work. But there were no little ears of corn yet. I went back out the next day...no ears.
Several days in a row I went out and found no little ears of corn starting to grow. The pollen started getting a little dry, so I just marked that corn off as a loss for that year, because the little ears were not forming yet. I told my DH that I didn't think our corn was going to make. He didn't know that much about it either I guessed, because he didn't say much.
The next day I went out and little tiny ears of corn were there but no silks to catch the pollen. I still marked if off as a loss of work and time.
The next day the silk was peeping out of the little ears, just in time for the pollen to dry up and fall. Just absolutely amazing that it does it at just the perfect time! And...did you know that each silk strand makes a kernel of corn on the cob???? YOU probably knew that....I didn't!
Also did you know that some of the sweetness of the corn is in the silk? My DIL and I were putting corn in the freezer one year and for a while, we were very careful to get the silks off. (Quite a chore!) Finally we tasted one of the silks and it was so sweet. From then on we just left a few on there and we also got done a lot faster. LOL
We don't have room to grow corn every year. We kinda have to rotate what we plant each year but this year we made room for it again.
Yes....the stages of growing corn really shows there is a Creator Of All Things, and there is nothing left to guess- work, supposition and accident. If you have room in your garden....grow corn!
God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things;Acts 17:24-25
Our grandchildren making Christmas cookies at Me-Ma's house.
OUR BABIES
A revival however great, can never make up for the awful waste of young life through our neglect of education from the cradle up. "Bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord" is the divine plan for dealing with the Christian's children, instead of waiting for a big revival to sweep them into the right path after they got the wrong start. -Gayle Oler
I like this excerpt from Gayle Oler, former supt. of Boles' Children's Home in Texas. ** See page 20 of this blog...
One of the best sermons I've ever heard was Bro Oler's. He was teaching on the church and he said that Satan wants to keep us out of the church of Christ...but if we get into it (obeying the gospel), it's a big blow to him but he will just work hard to get us back out of it. If he can't get us back out of it...that's ok too. He will just ruin us in it! Very thought provoking, isn't it?
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Graves of veterans from Civil War to World War 11.
We walked this and looked at every name, taking two rows each at a time. We thought we might find an Ingram that could be one of Bobby's grandfather's brothers, but there was only one Ingram and he was too young to be. May have been a 3rd or 4th cousin though. May never know.
We took this one while crossing the Tennessee River. I like the little islands out in the middle.
One of the seven hills of Rome, Georgia has this gigantic clock on top. All the hills are noted for something unique. A very beautiful city of about 38,000 is a great place to visit and do research on the Civil War.
One of the beautiful old structures on the Martha Berry College campus, in Rome, GA. The tree in the foreground must be very old.
