After too long of a hiatus, I have decided to start blogging again.
I was encouraged to do so via an e-mail from Herrick Kimball, the Deliberate Agrarian. I have long admired Herrick's writing whether supporting others on various poultry groups, or helping other agrarians perfect their WhizBang chicken pluckers. His blog is a well written and insightful. Check it out.
I am glad to see more people becoming aware of the National Animal Identification System (NAIS). I will be adding my own two cents soon.
I have seen lots of ideas about how to oppose this evil government scheme, and most of them are sensible and potentially effective. None of these address the root cause of the issue.
The real cause is our own lack of diligence in prayer for the leaders of our nation. I firmly believe that God can and does change the hearts (minds, intentions) of the ones that he has allowed to have governmental authority.
As streams of waters, the king's heart is in the hand of Jehovah; He turns it wherever He desires. (Proverbs 21:1 LITV)
We are called to pray for our leaders. Many Christians know this but do not take it seriously, and limit their governmental intercessions to the National Day of Prayer.
First of all then, I exhort that petitions, prayers, supplications, and thanksgivings be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all the ones being in high position, that we may lead a tranquil and quiet existence in all godliness and dignity. (1Ti 2:1-2 LITV)
Look at the end result of our prayers, a tranquil and quiet existence in all godliness and dignity. This is what every "Christian Agrarian" wants for himself and his family. We also want to preserve the right to choose to live this way for every one else, too.
So write your senators and congressmen, storm the gates of the USDA, get the word out. But please take time to involve God in the equation. He is the only One who can effect the permanent heart change to ensure that our legislators respect the rights of farmers, homesteaders, and agrarians.
Defeating the NAIS will only give us a temporary victory. They will just try something else, a few months or a few years later.
God can change the hearts of our nation's rulers and win them to our side.
Let's pray...
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4 comments:
Hi Gil,
I agree. It's good to have you blogging again. I look forward to reading more here in the future.
Best wishes
Nice to meet you, Gil. I journeyed over by way of Herrick's blog which has been quite the fountain of wisdom for me as we begin our own agarian way of life.
Thank you for that convicting message. Prayer is so vital yet we often are so busy attempting to correct wrongs in the power of our own might that we neglect petitioning the Lord when that should be our first and most persistent and prolonged action.
Hello Gil,
My name is Russ. Just found you via Herrick's recent post.
I just started blogging back in December.
I agree, prayer is extremely vital, especially in the uncertain days ahead.
I'm glad you decided to start writing again.
You're absolutely right about this. I think it is especially important for the church to incorporate prayer like this, especially specific detailed prayer, into its weekly worship. The fact that this is not really happening is more troubling than anything the govt does.
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