Planting
and harvesting is a way of life for many people. It is their job and livelihood
but for others it is just for enjoyment. They work in our orchards, vineyards,
groves and fields. And we should be extremely grateful for the jobs they do so
we can have food on our tables. Most are immigrants and I know if it
weren't for them food would not be harvested. Thank you, I appreciate you.
Could you imagine how our ancestors had to plant, grow, and harvest their food
without all the heavy, comfortable, air conditioned, and fast machinery we have
today. And even with all the technology we have it is still back breaking work
especially when the harvest is ready and you or your workers have to hand pick
it. Not all harvesting can be done with machines. It has to be done the old-fashioned
way. I think we forget sometimes that our food does not just appear in the
grocery stores. It does take many people and a lot of work to get it there. So
we should all be very grateful for those who get all of our food to the market
to make our lives easier. There have been times over the centuries those
farmer’s fields have not been harvested due to being destroyed by weather or
insects. And it was a total lose.
If you have never tried to plant, some seeds or you do not have a yard to plant
a garden you can grow your seeds in a planter. You can buy flower seeds, herb
seeds, and vegetable seeds. Once you see those little green sprouts coming up
through the soil, reaching for the sunshine you will be hooked. The last thing
I want to leave you with is just think of how long some of our fruit, veggies
and herbs have been around if they were talking about them in the Bible during
the time of Moses. And I am sure that those fruits, veggies and herbs have been
around a lot longer than that. Happy planting!
Seedtime and harvest,
Cold and heat,
Winter and summer,
And day and night
Shall not cease.”
Genesis 30:14 (NKJV)
14. Now Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
Leviticus 23:22 (NKJV)
22. When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field when you reap, nor shall you gather any gleaning from your harvest. You shall leave them for the poor and for the stranger: I am the Lord your God.”
Numbers 11:5 (NKJV)
5. We remember the fish which we ate freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic;
Numbers 13:23 (NKJV)
23. Then they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and there cut down a branch with one cluster of grapes; they carried it between two of them on a pole. They also brought some of the pomegranates and figs.
Ruth 1:22 (NKJV)
22. So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess her daughter-in-law with her, who returned from the country of Moab. Now they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.
Nehemiah 9:25 (NKJV)
25. And they took strong cities and a rich land,
And possessed houses full of all goods,
Cisterns already dug, vineyards, olive groves,
And fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate and were filled and grew fat,
And delighted themselves in Your great goodness.
Song of Solomon 4:13 (NKJV)
13. Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates
With pleasant fruits,
Fragrant henna with spikenard,
Ecclesiastes 2:5 (NKJV)
I5. I made myself gardens and orchards, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them.
Isaiah 9:3 (NKJV)
3. You have multiplied the nation
And increased its joy;
They rejoice before You
According to the joy of harvest,
As men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
Jeremiah 29:5 (NKJV)
5. Build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat their fruit.
Joel 1:10-11(NKJV)
10. The field is wasted,
The land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine is dried up,
The oil fails.
11. Be ashamed, you farmers,
Wail, you vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field has perished.
Mark 4:29 (NKJV)
29. But when the grain ripens, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
