Waves in fields of soybeans...

The car ride was getting kind of dull.  My husband was not being very communicative- all my questions  or topics were being answer with yes or no or a nod of the head in typical guy fashion. I had to talk in order not to  fall asleep for the 6 hour drive back to Chicago from Kentucky. It was out 3 year anniversary getaway.  Eventually I gave up. I was getting nowhere. Silence is better in this case. I tried to keep myself busy with some crocheting I brought with me and games on my phone or looking out the window to avoid falling asleep.Eventually I did fall asleep for maybe 90 min tops at different times. I just can't help it. If I am in the car for longer than 45 min i fall asleep perhaps because of the  gentle rocking of the car. 

On the way home I noticed  all the different crops in Kentucky and Indiana. Most of the corn fields seemed dry and in desperate need of water and on their last leg. There was even some tobacco fields that looked a little sad, at least they did in my estimation. But for some reason the fields of soybeans seemed to be doing wonderfully well. No discoloration or wilted look to them. They were green and thriving. 

But it was not the state of their health that caught my eye. It was the wind blowing through the plants. It seriously looked like gentle calming green waves on a lake or ocean. It was rather remarkable and beautiful. I'd never seen anything like it.  The line in America the Beautiful comes to mind- "amber waves of grain." Only this case it was green not amber colored. As my weary eyes rested on the site for a brief moment I thanked God for allowing me to see it. Perhaps it was God's way of easing the turbulent thoughts that were running through my head just then and giving me the comfort I needed.