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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nA friend building their chicken coop for them was on the property. He had a 4-wheeler; Staci had their 4-wheeler and Larry, on the tractor, tried for nearly five hours with every means possible to free it but the more they tried, the “deeper” the tractor tires went.
The tow truck that came to help got stuck, too! Fortunately, the winch on that tow truck was able to free the tractor. But, another tow truck had to come to free the first tow truck. It was a full day of \u201cshock and awe\u201d! All is well now and Larry was able to finish seeding his acreage — not to mention the lessons he learned well.
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nNow! Take a look at that shirt Larry is wearing \u201cWIN ALL DAY\u201d! Was that a joke about the very opposite that appeared to happen OR was it a man who told all of us that he was going to win in this day no matter what. We might have expected this man to have lost his patience, speak words of self-deprecation, even cursed. We might have expected this man to stomp about and have a pity party. We might have expected this man to have been embarrassed to have to call in help. Gracious \u2013 some folks curse when they miss a stroke or make a careless move in playing a game.
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But, NOT, this man! This man is filled up with so much of God\u2019s Fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. He put to practice and performance what he preaches on a daily basis to the men and women that he and Staci minister to. He showed his true colors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
At one point, I made this dumb statement when Staci was encouraging Larry. I said, \u201cMisery sure loves company, doesn\u2019t it?\u201d Larry\u2019s quick reply was \u201cThis isn\u2019t misery. This is my best life. This is my tractor. My land. My lake. There is nothing to complain about.\u201d Goodness! Such goodness and gratitude coming from one man and his \u201cstuck\u201d tractor.
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Indeed, WIN ALL DAY, is a slogan to live by. I certainly learned by Larry\u2019s calm and peace-filled presence something about winning. We all know the enemy wants to steal our peace and our joy, but when we determine to WIN each and every day by the power of the Holy Spirit Who lives big in us, we, too, will conquer the giants in our lives.
BTW \u2013 The little cove where this \u201cWin All Day\u201d started has now been named \u201cJ. D. Cove\u201d \u2013 that is, John Deere Cove. We’ll never forget the WIN when we’re chillin’ at J.D. Cove!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Pictures speak louder than words, but since I, being a widow with excess words to deliver, will provide this blog with words AND pictures. This first photo is of my beloved son by marriage (Staci\u2019s husband) and his best \u201cother\u201d friend than Staci \u2013 his John Deere Tractor. His dream come true. His baby. His…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23341,23342,23343],"tags":[23338,23335,23336,1210,2482,1769,2622,23334,3403,7254,9548,40,21931,41,2046,5664,19848,132,9786,4520,44,16027,23340,6495,5666,23339,23337,23333],"class_list":["post-15845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-john-deere-tractor","category-stuck-in-the-mud","category-win-all-day","tag-4-wheeler","tag-agriculture","tag-alfalfa","tag-blog","tag-chicken-coop","tag-christian","tag-faithfulness","tag-farming","tag-fruit-of-the-spirit","tag-gentleness","tag-goodness","tag-inspiration","tag-john-deere-tractor","tag-joy","tag-kindness","tag-larry-wallace","tag-lessons-learned","tag-love","tag-misery-loves-company","tag-patience","tag-peace","tag-self-control-2","tag-shirt","tag-slogan","tag-texas-am","tag-tow-truck","tag-tractor-stuck","tag-win-all-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15845"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15860,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15845\/revisions\/15860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}