A farmer purchased an old, run-down, abandoned farm with plans to turn it into a thriving enterprise.
The fields were grown over with weeds, the farmhouse was falling apart, and the fences were broken down.
The town preacher stops by and says: "May you and God work together to make this the farm of your dreams!"
A few months later, the place has been transformed.
The farm house is completely rebuilt, there are plenty of cattle and other livestock in well-fenced pens, and the fields are filled with crops planted in neat rows.
"Look what God and you have accomplished together!” the preacher says.
"Yes, reverend," says the farmer, "but remember what the farm was like when God was working it alone!"
