And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. These are three of my favorite verses. They are so simple, yet have so much meaning. What I would like to look at tonight is threefold each followed by a short application.
Lets look at the field itself, the thorns and nettles, and then the wall.
I can't lie claim to know all there is to farming, being from the city in Massachusetts, but I really enjoy being in the country. I recently returned from Pennsylvania from a revival meeting at a country church. As we were driving to the revival there were nothing but fields and farms as far as the eye could see. Beautiful well maintained cornfields with perfectly straight rows of corn. The families who owned these fields were definitely not slothful.