The 405 Aired Nov 12th, 2025
I wanna again welcome you to the 04:05 coffee break. Get you a cup of coffee, glass iced tea, bottled water. Let's see what's happening this Wednesday.
OK Solberg:Spring wheat $5.31 a bushel. 550lb steer calf $4.35 a pound. Butcher hog in Iowa, they'll fetch you 64ยข a pound and a 100lb fat lamb in Billings at $2:19. But, guys, there's more, much more.
OK Solberg:If you ever get tired of hearing the news or if you ever get tired of playing a video game, remember that we live in a time like none other. Uplifting things on the Internet. We can find vile things on the Internet, but go searching for good things.
OK Solberg:I love to search for stories. True life, simple stories. Human stories. Now, guys, I have to read many before I find one I'll share with you, but I found one. I found one that I'll share with you today.
OK Solberg:Set up kitties and gather round the fire. I have a story to tell you. A story that'll make you feel better, not worse. And it's titled where I learned to work and worship. And remember, I found it online.
OK Solberg:I grew up on a small family farm, the kind where the rooster really did wake you up and where the smell of fresh cut hay was just a part of who you were. We didn't have a lot of money, but we had chores, plenty of those. By the time I was 10, I could carry two five gallon buckets of water down to the barn without spilling much of it on my pant leg. I learned to drive the tractor before I could reach the pedals properly. Dad put a block of wood on the clutch so I could manage it.
OK Solberg:It wasn't always fun. Some mornings, it was so cold the pump handle stuck to my glove. And by the time I fed the cows, well, my toes were numb. But even then, I remember looking across those fields, frost sparkling on every fence post, and thinking, wow, this is beautiful. There was something about being out there early before the world was noisy.
OK Solberg:You could hear the birds waking up. And sometime, I'd see the sun peek up over the hill and paint the skies with colors I didn't even know existed. My mama my mama used to say that was god showing off a little. We didn't call it work ethic back then. It it was just life.
OK Solberg:You did your part because things needed doing. And in doing them, you learned a lot about patience and responsibility, and you even learned a lot about faith. When the rain didn't come, we prayed. When it came too much, we prayed then too. As I've grown older, I realized those fields were my first church.
OK Solberg:That's where I learned to notice God, not just on Sunday mornings, but in the rhythm of the seasons, in the way a calf wobbled to its feet, in the way a seed pushed up through the dark soil. There's a verse I always loved from Psalm nineteen one. The heavens declare the glory of God. The skies proclaim the work of his hands. I guess for me, the fields did too proclaim the handiwork of God.
OK Solberg:Now well, now I live in town, and I don't get dirt under my nails as much much as I used to. But every time I smell fresh cut hay or see a field at sunrise, oh, I remember. That little farm girl learned to work, but she also learned to worship. And both, I think, were god's handiwork. The end.
OK Solberg:Oh, guys. It reminds me of my childhood. So until next time, as you go out there, remember now. Don't be bitter.