The Sunday Mail (Zimbabwe)

Sing a song of victory

Expert advice guarantees a better yield

- Pauline Matanda

“SING a new song to the Lord, for He has done wonderful deeds. His right hand has won a mighty victory; His holy arm has shown His saving power!

“The Lord has announced His victory and has revealed His righteousn­ess to every nation!” — Psalms 98:1-2

The gospel is an announceme­nt of the victory of Jesus Christ on your behalf. Upon Mount Zion, there was deliveranc­e for mankind.

Now, through the gospel of Jesus Christ, your victory and deliveranc­e are proclaimed.

Thank God for the victory. Your enemy, the devil, has been eternally defeated. Sing a song of thanksgivi­ng to the Lord as you celebrate your victory.

In union with Christ, you are moving from victory to victory; from success to success and from glory to glory.

1 Corinthian­s 15:57 reads: “But thanks be to God, who gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!”

He turned our mourning into dancing.

In Christ, victory is certain, for we walk not by sight but by faith.

It is happening like we are dreaming, as David puts it in Psalms 126:12: “When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

“Then was our mouth filled with laughter and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The Lord hath done great things for them.”

EMBOLDENED by the wetness induced by the rains that fell last week, a defiant elderly woman with cracked feet braved the morning sun to commit maize seed to the soil.

Her back had curved, showing it had seen many years and could no longer cope with manual tasks.

“My five children succumbed to HIV/AIDS, leaving me to look after their children despite my advanced age. I have to work as hard as possible to put food on the table for my grandchild­ren,” the elderly lady told this writer as she wiped beads of sweat from her furrowed brow.

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Neighbours and acquaintan­ces of the elderly woman in Rugare, one of the capital’s oldest suburbs, said her only surviving son was a regular guest at the country’s correction­al facilities.

Burglary, drug abuse and pickpocket­ing were his areas of specialty.

Despite her efforts, the woman was using what she considered healthy grain from her previous harvest as seed, and totally ignored advice from the Meteorolog­ical Services Department for people not to begin planting.

“I have been receiving good harvests from this plot since time immemorial and I do not listen to anyone discouragi­ng me from working the land. I have to work so that I succeed,” the elderly woman said as she continued with her work.

Co-operation is a big word and so is obedience, but most people seem not prepared to heed advice, hence their high margin of failure.

Weather experts have predicted a normal to below normal rainfall season, which bids on farmers to plant early maturing seed varieties to at least salvage something from the tricky farming season ahead. In such a farming season, one has potential to increase one’s yields by playing to instructio­n.

The season ahead is certainly not one in which people can rely on seed from the previous season. Instead, people need to buy certified seed, which has proven germinatio­n potential and capacity to give farmers a return on their investment.

People usually plan to fail by snubbing advice from agricultur­al and weather experts, who are mandated with providing informatio­n that helps attain respectabl­e yields.

“Zimbabwean­s are well-known the world over as hardworkin­g people. However, some of us fail because we do not readily accept advice. Whenever one is in the farming business, nothing beats planting correct crop varieties and following good agronomic practices. Farming is an investment and we cannot plant crops that we are not sure of,” said Mrs Mary Mutisi of Borrowdale, Harare.

Similar words were echoed by Mrs Esther Muropa, who said there was need to avoid cutting corners if one needed to succeed.

“If you want to succeed in whatever you do, there is need to avoid cutting corners. Seed, fertiliser­s and chemicals must at all times be procured from certified dealers and used appropriat­ely to avoid losses associated with using counterfei­t material. Farming is a game that needs commitment and a presence of mind to succeed,” she said.

Gentle reader, nothing beats playing to instructio­n to walk the corridors of success.

Inotambika mughetto.

Feedback: rosenthal.mutakati@zim papers.co.zw

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