{"id":23587,"date":"2015-04-02T19:32:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T19:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wfbf.com\/?p=23587"},"modified":"2018-03-06T19:10:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-06T19:10:31","slug":"hay-bales-as-church-pews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfbf.com\/food-and-farming\/hay-bales-as-church-pews\/","title":{"rendered":"Hay Bales as Church Pews"},"content":{"rendered":"
Growing up, getting to church every Sunday was a struggle. We liked to go on Saturday nights before chores when we could, but if our schedule didn’t allow, a Sunday morning \u2018rush hour\u2019 happened.<\/p>\n
There were some Sunday mornings that made it almost seem like God didn’t want us to make it to church. Either a cow would have some difficulty with a calf, a tractor would break or the heifers got out. Most of the time, no matter the obstacle in front of us, we made it to our front-row church pew 10 minutes late. Let it be known that we didn’t favor that pew; it was just usually the only one left.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Our pastor\u2019s wife was always in awe that we signed up to help with vacation bible school. While we were barely on time and always was last minute with craft supply shopping they invited us back every year with open arms. We knew it was important to make time for church activities.<\/p>\n Growing up we had a pastor who understood the struggles of farming and would sometimes ask while shaking our hands on the way out of church, \u201cSo what happened this morning?\u201d We were notorious for having wet hair and wrinkled clothes, but I knew our pastor didn\u2019t care as long as we did our best to make it there. While he wanted us at church every week, he knew that the important thing was that we had God\u2019s ear at least once a week. It didn’t matter where we were when it happened.<\/p>\n Farmers, no matter their religion, tend to have a relationship with the big guy up above. I mean, how else do you get through a drought, your barn dog\u2019s death or low milk or crop prices? It\u2019s these tough days that you need someone to talk to besides your family and friends who are living it too.<\/p>\n