pat loughery

23 Listen to me;

listen, and pay close attention.

24 Does a farmer always plow and never sow?

Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting?

25 Does he not finally plant his seeds—

black cumin, cumin, wheat, barley, and emmer wheat—

each in its proper way,

and each in its proper place?

26 The farmer knows just what to do,

for God has given him understanding.

27 A heavy sledge is never used to thresh black cumin;

rather, it is beaten with a light stick.

A threshing wheel is never rolled on cumin;

instead, it is beaten lightly with a flail.

28 Grain for bread is easily crushed,

so he doesn’t keep on pounding it.

He threshes it under the wheels of a cart,

but he doesn’t pulverize it.

29 The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is a wonderful teacher,

and he gives the farmer great wisdom.

– Isaiah 28:23-29, NLT

One of the wonderful and frustrating things about God is that he has plans; He has timing; and He has wisdom that we and I do not have. And it is in God’s timing that God gives training for His people to accomplish His purposes, His plans, His will.

Reading though Isaiah tonight again brought the above passage to my attention. For me it’s a sign that the Sacred trinity is up to something. I can read into it a lot – about God giving wisdom for the specific task at hand, at the right time. As I’m reading and praying and considering different flavors of church, this is very comforting, even encouraging. I could use some encouragement :-).