Five Trees in One Day!

All over our property the drought has taken it's toll on several Oak tree's with one of them being very tall, after much planning we decided they needed to come down. Every time the wind would blow a big limb would fall out of one of them. For the safety of our children they had to come down. When the big Red Oak came down the earth shook tremendously. However we will take that wood and convert it to fuel for heat for our house in the winter.

Family Man, Family Leader

by Philip Lancaster

When Adam fell in the garden of Eden through Autonomy the Lord cursed the ground (Gen. 3:17) and made it very hard to work. Each time I grab a sticker bush, it constantly reminds me of the fall and the results from it. You can't imagine how many sticker vines are on eleven acres of un-improved property in Texas. 

However even after the fall and even though the land has been cursed we still have the job to take dominion in every area of life. Whether it be a famous Bulgarian writer, or a man that works in a convenience store, we are to teach all the nations (Math. 28:19). 

This needs to start at the family level, the family should be your children's first Garden of Eden on Earth. It should be the safest place they will ever be, this should be there first Church, first school,first job and the list goes on! 

So I will leave this to the Fathers and Mothers: is your home your Children's first Garden of Eden?

Farming is Hard and Laborious....But There are Blessings...

Have you ever went outside to work a garden? Pull weeds from a flower bed? Spread mulch? If you haven't give it a go sometime! You will find out real quickly that this type of work is very laborious and not very fun. But was it always this way? It wasn't this way before the fall!

Genesis 3:17-19  And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;  In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

While farming maybe a little hard and not very conducive for some folk, the blessings of owning your own farm and working the animals and the ground that God has given us can bring forth many blessings. We are in times in our culture where we really don't know what we are eating. Is there any food left that is not genetically modified? What are we feeding our kids? What will the food industry look like in our children's near future? This is where my multi-generational agrarian vision begins with my family. It all started with these questions. The next time you read your bible try to focus on all of the Agrarian concepts that the Lord uses in His teachings! It blew me away once I started asking these questions and paying attention to the Agricultural cultural teachings that the bible sheds light on. A couple days ago when I was reading proverbs twenty-seven I couldn't believe all of the wisdom that the Lord has provided us for our farming culture.

Born-Again Dirt by Noah Sanders

Proverbs 27:18  Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

Proverbs 27:23  Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.

Proverbs 27:25-27  The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

He give's all of the instructions we need for every area of life, including agriculture. The question is will you take the time to study and see what the Lord has already said in His word about your situation?