Monday, 09 February 2009

• Keeping Our Hands on the Plow

  Before we can harvest, we must plow the ground.  That’s what people do here in our agricultural home of Nankang.  There are some tractors, but most is done the old way, with a water buffalo or ox.  The water buffalo has more strength, and likes the wet rice fields.  The ox pictured here is used for breaking up dry ground.

  

  The farmer needs to hold on tight, while urging the animal ahead.  He focuses on the end of the field, so the plow runs straight.  If he looks back, the rows will be uneven and crooked.  No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit to be a farmer.  Likewise, no one who begins a great work and keeps looking back will ever succeed.

  Caring for children is one of life’s greatest works; especially for those who are abandoned and handicapped.  Growing children, like planting precious crops, requires preparing a place to grow.  Without plowing and planting there is no harvest.  It takes time.  We get tired and doubt, and want to look back.  When we do, we lose direction and confidence.

  So let us learn from the faithful farmer, and keep our hand on the plow and our eyes looking forward.   There is a wonderful harvest of precious young lives to come; grown up in loving families, and ready to serve society.  This is the mission of LSV.  Let’s keep our hands on the plow and look forward!

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