I know that I write a lot of things about working in my yard and garden but it's just about all I do this time of year, that said, I have two things that I'd like to mention that happened in the yard/garden that led me to think about the Lord. The first happened a few times this week. While I was outside planting blueberries my three and a half year old son decided that he was going to throw handfuls of loose,dry dirt into the air which was like dust landing all over our heads and shoulders. It reminded me of Joshua 7:6 Then Joshua tore his cloths, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
This, of course was when the Israelites were defeated in Ai for not listening to the Lord. I'm so glad that Jesus did what He did on the cross, forgiving all who would repent and be baptized once and for all. I don't have to throw dust in the air and sit in sackcloth and ashes every time I sin. That doesn't, however, mean that when I realize I'm guilty of sin that I shouldn't confess it to Him and repent of it.
The second was this evening when I was pulling up the beans to make room for cantaloupes. Seeing those plants come out of the ground roots and all reminded me of what John the baptist said in Mathew 3:10 "And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire."
He was telling about Jesus coming and what will happen to those who don't accept Him. We all have a chance to accept Jesus and bear good fruit for Him but if we don't.... We too will be like those unfruitful trees; only the fire we will see will last for eternity.
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