As I was getting ready for Church this morning I listened to Music and The Spoken Word. I LOVED the message and wish I could repeat it verbatim. But my shortened version will have to do.
In the early 1900's the boll weevil was attacking cotton crops in the south, causing farmers to lose entire crops. It was a desperate time. However, the adversity this insect caused many people in Enterprise, Alabama also became a catalyst for change. Farmers took a risk and ventured into a different crop: PEANUTS! The first year was such a success they were able to pay off their debts. They sold their crops to other farmers also wanting to make a change. The farmers learned to diversify their crops and were able to eventually grow cotton again. It was a difficult time, but they faced the adversity well and learned from it.
A few short years after the devastating invasion, the farmers had adapted and were thriving. As a tribute to this great lesson of adversity and change, a monument was constructed and dedicated on December 11th, 1919, placed in the heart of the town's business district.
The marker reads: "In profound appreciation of the Boll Weevil and what it has done as the herald of prosperity this monument was erected by the citizens of Enterprise, Coffee County, Alabama."It would be kind of interesting to have "monuments" marking certain crossroads in our lives where we worked our way through very difficult and trying circumstances of the moment and forged ahead into greater light and understanding...
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