Gardening

 

Billy has made us some planting boxes and yesterday we filled them with potting soil and some seeds. We planted Cherry and Beefsteak tomatoes, cantaloupe, cucumbers, corn and green beans! We can not wait to see the first seedling pop up through the ground. It will be a challenge to see who gets the fruit of the plants first...us or some of the interesting critters here on the island.

The seeds we plant next are of a different kind. Those will be the ones that will last forever! Children's Church begins on September 11th and our desire is to plant seeds from the Word of God into the hearts and minds of the children. We will need to nurture those little ones just as we do our new seedlings in our plant boxes. Each child is unique and made in the image of God. These little ones need to know of God's love, forgiveness, and plan of salvation so they can spend eternity with Him. They also need to learn what special gifts and talents the Lord has given them and how He wants them to serve Him.

Gardening can be a lot of hard work but the rewards are awesome! I can almost taste the sweet cantaloupe. But sweeter it will be when we see a child accept the Lord and seek to follow Him!

We pray our crop is bountiful this season!

"But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundred fold, some sixty, some thirty."

Matthew 13:23