Billboards! Don't you just hate them. They are an ever expanding growth of commercialism that are impossible to avoid if driving. They are usually advertising local casinos, adult (inappropriate) entertainment, or fast food. They are certainly not signs of the best of the highways of America.
EXCEPT for the road signs put up by the farmers in the state of Kansas, they give hope!
On a recent trip west I had the pleasure of driving along I-70 across the entire state of Kansas.
My husband and I have shared an affinity for the state since our daughter attended college at the University of Kansas, in Lawrence. With Salina as more that halfway through the state (going west), the farmland that comes after Salina is vast and open. There are 46 million acres of farmland in Kansas and approximately 65,000 farms. The majority of the crops are corn, wheat and sorghum (used for grain and syrup). Amid the acres and acres of farmland there were some small, privately placed billboards. They had these messages: "Thanks Mom for choosing Life, Abortion Stops a Beating Heart, Jesus Heals, Pornography Destroys, Jesus, I Trust in Thee (with the Divine Mercy picture of Jesus. Devotion to the Divine Mercy of Jesus was started by a Polish saint named Sister Maria Faustina in the 13th century.), and my all time favorite:
NO GOD KNOW GOD
NO PEACE KNOW PEACE
So at this time I would like to thank and bless the farmers of Kansas for their boldness in promoting faith, family and peace.
God Bless Kansas! And you too!
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