Sow and sow….
I know many people who put their heart and soul into their ministries…whether to adults, children, teens…
They sow and sow , sometimes reaping abundantly, while other times , those faith-building times, the crop maybe sparse for whatever reason…
I thought of them as I looked at my fruit trees this week..
They bloomed early this year, consequently the frost took most of the crop…usually every year I throw buckets away of the pruned out fruit…there has always been too much…this year I may have a dozen peaches or nectarines…a few pears and apples…I tended them the same as before, but God gave the amount…He is in charge even of the amount of fruit on my trees…just as He is in charge of the harvest of people…we do what we are supposed to do, but He is the Controller…
Another one of my trees , the persimmon, leaves out with tender shoots and then blooms later…this year, it was leafing out and the frost hit it as well…froze whole branches of tender shoots…now I see, under those tiny brown frozen leaves, new green growth is peeking out on some….belated growth after a season of hidden growing…we see that in ministry as well…the life is there, but hidden from view due many reasons…hurt, sorrow, tiredness, the claims of the world, etc…then it bursts forth in newness…
God’s lessons are all around us…
Thank YOU….
What we sow…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE_PNUNmw9c
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