Life on a farm, a life until a few years ago I really knew nothing about. But as the years have gone by, I now know the ways of the farm. Life is simple here, but at the same time it is hard and rewarding. To do it over again I would have started sooner. Farm life is in the raw, up close and very personal. You see the cycle of life; birth, life and death. Death is a part of life on the farm. It comes in many forms, sometimes it is a animal that has lived a long and fruitful life. Other times it ends with putting meat on the table. Both of these I can handle. There will be some sorrow but this is tempered with knowledge they have lived well and that they will be used for a purpose. But there is one type that is very hard for me. The death of a little one, a life cut short. A life that was not realized.
On the farm we had a good share of animals die, from day old chicks to baby goats. Each and everyone is hard. You always second guess yourself. What could have I done? Could I have saved them? The bible reveals to us that Our Lord knows when a sparrow falls to the ground. For us, we mourn each and every life on the farm . All of them are precious, all of them are loved and tended for, but all are here for a reason. I mourn as much for a day old chick as a baby goat that dies, all are special. This is farm life you see life and death up close. You feel the sorrows and the joys of life.
In the end, when the day is done, I reflect on the grandeur of the Lord's creation and also so long as all creation does for the time when death has lost its sting!
On the farm we had a good share of animals die, from day old chicks to baby goats. Each and everyone is hard. You always second guess yourself. What could have I done? Could I have saved them? The bible reveals to us that Our Lord knows when a sparrow falls to the ground. For us, we mourn each and every life on the farm . All of them are precious, all of them are loved and tended for, but all are here for a reason. I mourn as much for a day old chick as a baby goat that dies, all are special. This is farm life you see life and death up close. You feel the sorrows and the joys of life.
In the end, when the day is done, I reflect on the grandeur of the Lord's creation and also so long as all creation does for the time when death has lost its sting!
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