SO GOD MADE A FARM KID
On the eighth day, after the sky was stretched wide and the dirt was packed firm beneath steady hands, God looked down at the open fields and said, “I need someone who won’t be afraid of hard.” So God made a farm kid. He needed someone who would wake before the sun without being asked twice, who knew that frost on the ground wasn’t an excuse but a warning to move faster. So God made a farm kid. He needed someone small enough to fit between fence posts, brave enough to step into a pen with something twice their size, and soft enough to whisper to a nervous calf like it was their own. So God made a farm kid. Someone who would learn that chores come before comfort, that animals eat before you do, that weather does not care about your plans. Someone who understands that work is not punishment. It’s privilege. So God made a farm kid. He needed a child who would grow up knowing that life and loss live in the same pasture. Who would bottle feed the weak one, bury the broken one, and still show up tomorrow. So God made a farm kid.
Someone who could drive a tractor before they could drive a car. Who smells like hay and diesel. Who carries grain buckets like other kids carry backpacks. Someone who learns early that money doesn’t grow on trees but responsibility does. So God made a farm kid.
He needed someone who finds peace in fence lines, who measures seasons by calving and harvest, who knows the sound of rain in a tin roof is better than any lullaby. Someone who will leave sometimes, chase a dream, try a different life... but always feel their heart pull back toward the barn. So God made a farm kid. Not because it would be easy. Not because it would be glamorous. But because the world will always need steady hands, strong backs, soft hearts, and people who understand that freedom tastes better when you’ve worked for it. So God made a farm kid. And somewhere in a barn aisle, under dust floating through morning light, stands that kid... older now, maybe tired, but still grateful... Because being raised by land and livestock, doesn’t just build character.
It Builds Legacy.
-Written By: Michelle K | Diamond K Livestock Co.
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