Storms delayed our first cutting,
so the crop was shoulder-high
when the mower dropped it.
Next, the rake rolled
clover and grasses
into lofted rows.
The baler followed,
gulping the greens and
packing them into
net-wrapped rounds
of a half-ton or more.
Then, before the rain,
a new machine wrapped
the rolls and strewed
them across our fields
as cocoons, where, inside,
bacteria fermented the roughage,
enhanced its protein,
stockpiled summer into
food for colder days.
Got me thinking how
fatherhood can mimic
putting up silage,
if Grace innoculates
the contents.
After all, don’t fathers,
early on, green,
grow right along with
their babies, at a pace
they never imagined?
Doesn’t life later,
inevitably, flatten them,
then compress them into
men of substance,
so that even when
those hard winters come—
the times some call
night’s dark soul—
they ferment,
instead of rot?
And don’t they look back
and find that as
they raised their children,
they were protected,
preserved,
transformed?
“Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
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And earlier this week:
When, down deep, you’re roaring.
“. . . be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger.”
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Oh, Deer.
“O Lord, we wait for You . . .”
Watching Nature, Seeing Life: Through His Creation, God Speaks
Cheryl Grey Bostrom, Author 
Beautifully “said”
and “Shot”.
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Thank so much, Linda!
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Love the last two and the James and Isiaiah scriptures quoted, thank you, Cheryl.
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Thanks, Lynne :).
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Love the fermentation of fathers — yes!
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Amen! So Beautifully Said. Thanks Cheryl.
On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 6:40 AM Cheryl Grey Bostrom, Author wrote:
> Cheryl Grey Bostrom, Author posted: ” Storms delayed our first cutting, so > the crop was shoulder-high when the mower dropped it. Next, the rake rolled > clover and grasses into lofted rows. The baler followed, gulping the greens > and packing them into net-wra” >
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Thanks, Joni :).
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Wonderful insight. So true!
We celebrate Father’s Day this year on the 21st of June, this year it is a bit special as it would be my Dad’s bday..along with first day of summer..and my puppy turns 9..
Wish Blake Happy Fathers Day…
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Remembering Uncle Win ❤️.
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