Seeds Take Time To Grow

“Be patient, then, brothers and sisters, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer waits for the land to yield its valuable crop, patiently waiting for the autumn and spring rains.” – James 5:7 My brother told me a story about how seeds take time to grow. He used to be really into surfing and traveled to South America. While there, he met an older American guy with long hair who surfed every day. When this man was around 18, he bought a plot of land and planted teak trees. Teak trees take 20 to 25 years to mature, but they produce some of the most expensive wood in the world. For all those years, until he was about 38, he surfed constantly while taking care of the trees. When the trees reached full maturity, a lumberyard came, cut them down, and paid him over a million dollars.  Can you