Agriculture – Here Is One Little-Big Proof That Science Proves Faith Is Right!

I am an Agriculture graduate, BSA major in Ag Education, UP Los Baños, and I so believe that Agriculture remains to be The Major Force that will bring out millions of Filipinos out of Poverty into Plenty – if we believe in the Christian God and follow His commandments. 

So: Faith First!

Why do I believe that? Because of a biblical promise; it goes back to the times of Jesus:

1 John 3:17 New Revised Standard Version, NRSV

How does God’s love abide in anyone who has the world’s goods and sees a brother or sister in need and yet refuses help?

1 John 3:17 New International Version, NIV

If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?

Actually it is not a commandment – it is a question of faith! That is why I say, “I believe.” The commandments of God are not going to be executed by God – they are going to be executed by us, or not.

2020. It just happens that I am writing this Wednesday, 22 April, the very 1^st Earth Day in 1970, 50 years ago. Encyclopaedia Britannica says this “helped spark the environmental movement and quickly grew into an international event.”

That’s half a century. Now, why is our Earth even worse than when it was 22 April 1970? Because Man has not changed a bit!

So, here is the short story of Aaron Avner depicted above, all 217 words of it, excluding the date 25 September 2015:

There was a farmer who grew excellent quality corn. Every year he won the award for the best grown corn. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it. The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. “How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?” the reporter asked.

“Why sir,” said the farmer, “Didn’t you know? The wind picks up pollen from the ripening corn and swirls it from field to field. If my neighbors grow inferior corn, cross-pollination will steadily degrade the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn.”

So is with our lives... Those who want to live meaningfully and well must help enrich the lives of others, for the value of a life is measured by the lives it touches. And those who choose to be happy must help others find happiness, for the welfare of each is bound up with the welfare of all...
-Call it power of collectivity...
-Call it a principle of success...
-Call it a law of life.
The fact is, none of us truly wins, until we all win!!

Question: “Why should I be my brother’s keeper!?” Answer: As the little story of Mr Avner shows, “To find true happiness, we must help others.”@517