A soft pidder patter greeted me this morning as I made preparations to exit my trailer.

Rain!

Yesterday a patron and I had a conversation about how perfect the crop year had been. Timely rains, effective pest management, a pre-harvest rain to firm up the soil and then dry (almost to the extreme) conditions throughout the harvest until now. God could not have scripted a more perfect scenario!

I don't suppose there is any group which operates more on faith than those involved in agriculture. They are constantly dependent on God's creation of nature and how it cycles.

Lately there had been more and more talk of the need for moisture. Everyone's favorite question was "When will it rain?" My favorite response was "We're one day closer!"

This brief interlude of moisture is not expected to amount to any significant accumulation. It will settle the dust, but more than that it will soothe the feelings of the men and women who are dependent on it and the fruits it will bring.

It is a "faith-healer" rain shower. Those whose faith had begun to waiver will be steadied!

Condolences to E.T., one of our seed haulers, whose three-month old grandson died this morning.

FATHER, thank YOU for YOUR blessing of rain. Thank YOU for its calming, soothing cadence. FATHER I pray for E.T. and his family as they hurt and mourn their loss. I ask YOUR comfort and care for them.

Let YOUR glory fill the earth!