"And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up." Galatians 6:9   There is a phenomenon in farming called the ugly stage.   It happens right before a crop breaks through the surface of the soil. Underground, everything is happening. The seed has split, the roots are forming, the shoot is pushing upward. But above ground, the field still looks like dirt. If you didn't know what was happening beneath the surface, you would have no evi...