I sent a helicopter...

Life on the Farm

Of course it did. We installed thousands of dollars of irrigation in the corn maze field and it promptly rained. Not that we mind, but you better have a pretty good sense of humor to be in farming. Maybe it was just a test of faith and I guess I failed.

I sent a helicopter... It reminds me of the man who, as the flood waters rose, proclaimed, "The Lord will save me!"

A neighbor in a boat came by and offered to take the man to higher ground, but he proclaimed again, 'The Lord will save me!"

Later, a Coast Guard Cutter came by and implored the man to climb aboard but he proclaimed again, 'The Lord will save me!"

As the water reached the roof of the house a man was lowered to the roof from a helicopter and tried to pull the man to safety, but he proclaimed again, 'The Lord will save me!"

The house was soon under water and the man died. As he entered the presence of the Lord he said, Lord! Why didn't you save me?"

The Lord said, "I sent two boats and a chopper. What more did you want?"

Get in the boat. We're self-reliant people and I didn't want to be guilty of ignoring the "helicopter", so we installed the irrigation. In the grand scheme of things, it was a wise insurance policy to make sure we were able to entertain our guests this fall.

None of that makes you feel better when you have to pay that insurance bill for a policy that goes unused, though. I guess it's still better than collecting on the "policy" with drought stressed corn.

I don't know about you, but I feel just fine having hopped in the irrigation "boat" just in case :-)

Talk to you next week,
Farmer Hugh