Yesterday we got invited out to let the kids take a ride in the combine by a farmer from church.

As I get a little older, I learn more and more about life from the farmers around us.

One of the biggest lessons is about control.

Farming is one of those professions where there isn’t even an illusion about control.

Farmers have zero control over the biggest input variable in their business – the weather.

Sure, you hear plenty of them complaining about it, but in the end they all still do the same thing:

Work hard and do the best you can with what you have.

This is such an important life lesson.

We only have control over our own effort level and our attitude. That’s it.

To make it even more personal:

YOU are not in control of anything except your attitude and your effort.

If we seek only to better control our attitudes and our efforts we will have a chance at seeing the results we want (there are no guarantees the weather won’t be bad).

Make it a great day.

Jake

PS – God bless all the farmers (and Gary Butler and the Butler family in particular).