FARMERS PAYCHECKS!!!

One thing I think the average person forgets is, on the farm one doesn't get a paycheck weekly or monthly. The farmer doesn't know what the weather will bring and crops they will raise for the year. Some years the crops were slim due to drought, hail or prices low. In those years you had to glean from the "good years". No paycheck to fall back on, but careful planning had to be the order of the day. That means that one had to not be extravagant and save for future bills and needs. This seems to be lost in today's society. Many today, live from paycheck to paycheck thinking that the paychecks will always be there. Some are learning the hard way that paychecks are not the rite of passage and when the company goes broke there goes the workers paychecks as well.

Farmers had to have seed money for seed to be planted for the next season and during the winter months, money to pay all of the bills (planned and unforeseen) that came in. This was super important that one pays what they owe to others. A handshake meant something back in our day. They would do what they said by a handshake and carry it out.

They also had to project future years needs and save for those needs. We today should do this all along so we have money when the need arises. Later in future writings, I will tell how we accomplished this as newly married trying to meet all our bills on time they were due.

My dad had an optimistic view on things and when he couldn't get in the field because it kept on raining, he would say--"I never saw a year that I didn't raise something". He seemed to accept things that was out of his control and think positive.

Todays Wisdom--Plan ahead for future needs, before you spend on todays WANTS! Then after you have done this, God will take over from there and meet those needs we couldn't foresee.