What a marvelous paring of concepts that we tend to miss: faith and patience! Alma’s long discourse about faith and seeds requires that we have the patience of the farmer to allow the seed to grow. In a modern world of so many “instant” conveniences, it is so easy to forget that our faith also requires patience. When some become impatient with the process they toss out the seed not because it was not good, but because it simply didn’t grow fast enough.