High Cotton: Celebrating Good News

 

Above is a picture of large field of cotton very close to Exit 139 on I-26 near St Matthews and Orangeburg, South Carolina.  I have been watching this field grow during the summer and early fall.  Thankfully I was able to take the picture before the farmer could harvest this beautiful, snow-like field of t-shirts!   I am almost certain that most of us take cotton and maybe even our faithful farmers for granted.   Yet, a field of “high cotton” is something to celebrate.  It marks a moment in time where hard work has paid its dividend.  Clothing of all sorts will probably be made from this field of crops.  I imagine the farmer is thankful to God and to the good sandy soil in the midlands of South Carolina.  Just like farmers we too can celebrate the dividends of hard work and overcoming the trials of life.  Sometimes people go through chemotherapy, radiation, and long weeks in the hospital that eventually produce a good report from the doctor.  People love to hear the words, “you have been cured” and “you are in remission.”  It’s all good news just like the cotton crop that has blossomed and become a good harvest.  Thank God for good news and good harvests.  I hope you will experience “high cotton” moments this week.  Wait on God.  Usually, the waiting is worth it all.