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r~i 11r1ii1~i11rr 11r ~s~sc^~~5v~52s2~2~i~S~s~~S~s~s~sZ~Sv252S UZ5:S2~ ~52~F~2~~-y~'sv v^rSTS2~"i25,~S~5 "~oud~ls of tie Sniff" `--~ WRen my eyes wandernvcr the gay, clean-washed colors that Uod creates again this yrrr, my pride, my accomplishlncnls,seein very snrdl. II Iclls me again that God is rnlr C'.ICalor.our life's inspiralirnl, oursccmily when we plan the future. My pen and my words of expression lack sa much. ! lowcver, 1 do pray Ihal this writing will be interpreted as meaning only the Bond or hest anlstnrclion possible from one of I lis soil. As 1 faced the south wind this morning, and lasted its freshly lunsd cool odor, l thought of lame. I thought of m;uly lhiugs! Evcn sonic of the words I say in wy prayers each uighl, "And bless ouramntry, ourparcnts. and all th:d I know." Ycs, 1 Ihougltl loo of how the modem plow, like the wooden nnc of years ago, lams over God's soil revealing the "new," as well as pall history, and at the sank tim+~ cuvcrillg I:rst year's roil, growth, reaped snnow and happiness. And so again the "new" soil ix nnncd n, the sun and Ix•bcd by aged walcls of spring showers fur auolhereod-glorifying display of I lis Inve. I loin )wonderful Ibis new sail! }'cl even as we src nut where the plowshare has Irccn dipped info the eanb, it shows the hrilli:uu huts of subsoil along wish the poi trolly decayed cool orom stalks, WCeds, allll Ulhl'f VCgCI:11101111n11 III;IkL'F Ilp IIIIS "IICW"IIIC-g1Vlilg 111:11111;1. Y(ti, t11C SCed3 aT SOw1'CII, 81111 IIIC slln, :Igell W81eIS alnl all the good and bad of Ibc soil combines to bring die plain ro lift. Il lives and dies :IS IIIC SC8S011%fIICI:IIC. 'I Ile Illrnl.r^ Illc, 10(1, is paucnlcd in north the same nruulcr. We loo arc planted by the Lord to grew and contribute u, l lis wrnid. We loo lake tram the soil Qhosc around us) Iwth the good and the bad. Andjust like Iilc corn, the wheal, the cotton, lshesollhc sea, we Ihrivc to the degree Ihal we allow the good orbad lu influence us. Ycs, the cool rihwion we make to (find's Kingdom in Ills life depends on how we tiro affcraed ny Ibeir iullucnce -just as the wceds, slom)s or sharks affect the crop, birds or sea lift. f loot life conlribules only as much as it keeps ahead of the weeds. t7nr life Ion can be compared with the cons, a Ircc, the birds or lilt iu the seas. We humans glorify (;ad's Kiugdum only so much as we arc able In judge the good and had Iu keep ahead and adv:urc'e Iwyond Ib:n ,which mit;hl destroy us. Tmly it is as the fiiMc says. "N'hal we sow we reap." "1'bc broken ncc nr stalk will always show the scar, hu[ the Inc or sralk Ucd remains lime fl+mugh Ibc sfomrs grows grc:ucr as the yc:ux increase. So it is with God's children, including Ihosc bmughl Iogelhcramd ncule one in I lis I Inusc. "Thal if we du I lis Will on this Ilis Eanh we shall enjo}• Ihti IIC8VCI1. "I Ile 1)mlllltil: Iti III dIC air, tlrc sea, and the soil. 'npyli~a; 1!15,1 by John A. Gills Acquired defrcirnies: jailbird • music lover • song writer • champion snowmohler • army drallec • singer carlx:nlcr • clcclrici:m • pluml)cr • pilot • Coal Vicw (ihnsl Ranch • I:mlaus elk hunter • radio cxpcn cowman • plant lover • general conlrlaor • Iimousiu c:utlc • nude lido • tcachcr• tinny ulGccr • preacher •non-smoker • rancher • fainter • oil magnet • plain lover • cat skiuncr • traveler • cngiuccr • hamroniea player dlaftslnall • race driver • Imnl • Ixmallza Iwg. John A. Eil is Mysri.c i'rail 17880 US 40 -.r ;;fi sj a7G- s'„3 Steamboat Springs, CO 80487 ~•j~C'S2~~"iAt~~li~l'2`lt'S2~i~S ,~i~S~iZ~rt~lT~i~S~S2£~"rZ~S~c~S~Z'Sf"f~F2~l'.~S~SZS~2S2`J~