Waves of Grain

The earliest sketch in my little square textbook. There's just something about grains that get me. I think that it was the wheat fields that kept me from moving away from here.

This one was inspired by Mark 4:26-29. "Jesus also said, “The Kingdom of God is like a farmer who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, while he’s asleep or awake, the seed sprouts and grows, but he does not understand how it happens. The earth produces the crops on its own. First a leaf blade pushes through, then the heads of wheat are formed, and finally the grain ripens. And as soon as the grain is ready, the farmer comes and harvests it with a sickle, for the harvest time has come.”
 We hear this a lot. Faith is planted. Then, it grows, and even though we don't understand how, God does and He is faithful to our hearts. The growth is in his own time and in a sensible and orderly way. As soon as it is ready for harvest, it is harvested. His kingdom grows in this same way; whether we are asleep or awake, whether we are laboring for it or not, His kingdom grows according to its order and design. God's timing is perfect.