Showing Grace as a Farm Wife

Rarely, but sometimes my husband will ask me to help him feed our calves or hold things for him to fix something.

Here’s my take away every time: it is hot as sin, the flies or mosquitoes are trying to eat us alive, it is an annoying but needed task and it is a rude reminder to me that I do not know what he goes through in a day before he gets home at night.

Most nights he eats his supper from the microwave warmed up long after the kids and I have ate. Some nights he is short and just wants to be to himself. Some nights he invites me to watch a show or movie with him. Most nights I forget to offer him GRACE. The truth is I do not know what he goes through everyday to maintain the cows, equipment, guide employees, feed all the calves or how he is truly handling it all. That is where I need to remember to always offer him more grace in the busy times. Sometimes I want to choose anger or hurt feelings because I’m exhausted too. It’s my reminder today and maybe one for you also to choose grace for this person you love.

GRACE for the unknown of their day, of what they endured, what they don’t talk about and for what they do. This life farming is not for the faint of heart, and no matter how hard you try, challenges arise EVERY SINGLE DAY. Some days we can handle them better than others. I know that home is the one place to come to try and escape it all. That is where my job as his wife and mother of his children shine. I try to have warm meals, a clean home, and grace. Things I can control for him. Even in the midst of this hard season of busy to offer some GRACE to the person walking in that door at night. I would like to extend this to our kiddos too as they enter home after a long day, using their minds. Don’t forget their little souls and bodies are tired when they get home after daycare or after school.

He is farming for YOU & the KIDS. The work and long hours, the unknown they endure, it is for US.

Life is hard!! Having a little grace with yourself and those around you can go a long way. It can make a persons day not feel so long!

“Grace reveals the strength and beauty within your heart.”