and spring planting! I do not get excited, me and green not so much! I do NOT have a green thumb! I truly enjoy sitting in my yard and enjoying all the plants that extend their beauty to me, but I have had nothing to do with their beauty...or even their growth or placement! If they keep coming back every year and I haven't had to care for them they do great!
We (meaning my husband) transplanted some of my purple iris from our old home. And they grow like mad! again with no help from me! I love them...purple beauty springs up and floods my flower bed, year after year...with NO help from me! And I thank God each time!
Thank the Lord that planting spiritual seeds does NOT require a green thumb!
To witness to others just requires a willing heart that knows the love of Christ.
I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor. For we are co-workers in God’s service; you are God’s field, God’s building. 1 Corinthians 3:6-9
See! It is God who takes care of the seed. We are only a small part in someone's story....BUT realize ...an important part. Without a seed being planted, there is nothing to grow. Without the seed being watered it will shrivel up and turn to dust in the soil. So we all play an integral part of a persons salvation. BUT we must remember Who makes that soul conversion...the One who makes it grow!
Isn't that wonderful! We do not...should not take on the burden of whether or not someone accepts Christ...that is not out part of the process...it is God's! Doesn't that make things much less stressful!? Our "job" is to introduce the Christ we know...share what He has done in our lives...live out our lives with the love of Christ spilling out onto everyone we meet! The responsibility of what they do with that is in God's hands! JUST LIKE MY FLOWERS!!!
AMEN!
Jesus told a parable about planting seed.
As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up.5Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the plants. Still other seed fell on good soil, where it produced a crop—a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown. Whoever has ears, let them hear.” Matthew 13:4-9
We can not be responsible for the type of soil that our seeds fall on...BUT we ARE responsible for our soil. Jesus goes on to explain His parable;
“Listen then to what the parable of the sower means: When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path. The seed falling on rocky ground refers to someone who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since they have no root, they last only a short time. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away. The seed falling among the thorns refers to someone who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, making it unfruitful. But the seed falling on good soil refers to someone who hears the word and understands it. This is the one who produces a crop, yielding a hundred, sixty or thirty times what was sown.” Matthew 13:18-22
So you "cleaned house" last week, this week "tend your soil" so your roots go deep and your crop overflows! Then you can sow seeds....or look for opportunities to water and then
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