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The Farmer’s Advice

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Beverley

Sometimes pastors get discourage when only a few members showed up to hear his sermon that he had spent many hours to prepare.

The farmer has the answer to this dilemma!

One very cold, snowy Sunday in February, only the minister and one farmer arrived at the village church.

The minister observed, “Well, I guess we will not have service today.”

To which the farmer replied, “If only one cow shows up at feeding time, I feed it.”

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Joke taken from: The World’s Greatest Collection Of Church Jokes. Compiled and edited by Paul M. Miller

 

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16 responses to “The Farmer’s Advice”

  1. jesusluvsall Avatar
    jesusluvsall

    🙂

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  2. Author Ryan Callahan Avatar
    Author Ryan Callahan

    😊 Cute, but also what a great message to love each person individually! Love it! God bless!

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  3. riverlifepsalms1 Avatar
    riverlifepsalms1

    God would do for one, as He’d do for the 99! Will we?

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  4. gifted50 Avatar
    gifted50

    Love it.🤗🤗

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  5. Stephen Nielsen Avatar
    Stephen Nielsen

    Good word!

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  6. Dawn Avatar
    Dawn

    Truthful message!

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    1. Beverley Avatar
      Beverley

      Yes it is.🙂

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  7. Lisa Beth Avatar
    Lisa Beth

    Agree with all comments, good post! And good to remember we are serving at the behest of our King. He’s the one who calls the sheep.

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    1. Beverley Avatar
      Beverley

      Amen. God is looking for faithfulness so we can’t be side track with numbers.

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    1. Beverley Avatar
      Beverley

      Thank you.

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  9. Sue Love Avatar
    Sue Love

    Beverley, that goes beyond just the farmer and the preacher and his sermon. This applies to all of us. Should we blog if only one person reads our blog? Is one person enough? I remember when I first started my WordPress blog. Pure Glory was often the only “like” that I received, and this went on for a year or two, I think. Every day I would write, and every day pretty much I would have a like from “Pure Glory,” and occasionally from a few others. So, every day I would say, “Thank you, Lord, for Pure Glory.” I might have written on here for two years before I really had readers and responders much at all. So, I think it gives us a lot to think about. Our success is not measured in numbers. If we influence one person for Christ or if we encourage one person in their walks of faith, shouldn’t that be enough? It doesn’t mean we don’t reach out to more, but that we need to be faithful in service even when we see very little fruit for our labors. Well, that is how it spoke to me, anyway. Thank you for sharing.

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      Beverley

      Hi Sue. I am so glad that this post encouraged you. I really did not apply it to blogging, but you are perfectly right. If only one person read our posts, should we stop blogging? God forbid! Sometimes I get discourage when I see the stats, but the Lord keeps reminding me not to worry about the numbers. As you said, God is looking at our faithfulness. Thank you for reminding me of this. Your input really encouraged me. Blessings.

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  10. SLIMJIM Avatar
    SLIMJIM

    Quite a timely encouragement

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    1. Beverley Avatar
      Beverley

      Thank you for reading. Blessings

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      1. SLIMJIM Avatar
        SLIMJIM

        You’re welcome!

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