Trees

For some this will sound absolutely silly and some will understand. I have always loved trees, watching them grown, change in the seasons, just trees. I even have several trees that I have selected as "mine" and especially love to be able to see these massive, ancient trees and how they are growing.

Before the logging started.

 So when a massive machine ends up on our farm I couldn't understand what it was for, then I found out we had sold the logs off the farm. Trees. Now in the grand scheme of things, logs are harvested every 30-40 years, this just happens to be the time for the harvest. I understand that trees have a purpose and that they are meant to be used, but still it was hard to see the trees cut and harvested.

Logging and the big ugly machine.

You can see barcodes and green x's. 

About 350 trees cut, turned into about 1,000 logs. You can see the barcode stickers on some of the logs, those were the ones that they were willing to buy. There were many logs with green x's, not willing to buy, some for sold for pallets but some were not sold.

Yes we still have many trees, will the forest repair itself and allow other trees to grow larger, yes. But it still hard for me and that is just me. In the bigger picture it reminds me of the sheep and the goats, or the wheat and tares, some will be taken and some will be left in the time of harvest. I will have Jesus's barcode on me but who will have the green x's.