gardening analo-Jesus

so im gardening

by this i mean im pulling weeds out of my yard

its hot in texas, duh

and im sweating, alot

as im sweating and pulling and gardening

God speaks to 

me

He created things to grow and change

to be nurtured

some

 things stay hidden for a season and bloom in time

some things are harmful to the soil and need to be removed

some things need attention and some things need to be left alone

He created ALL things

just because you plant something and want it to grow doesnt mean it will

just because you want something to go away doesnt mean it will

repair takes work

sometimes you have to dig in and really suffer

sometimes you get dirty

He created us to work

He created us to be in His nature and reap His harvest

when you are done, you r tired, but He rewards us for our efforts

Proverbs 14:23

All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty.

Genesis 1:11-12

Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with seed in them, on the earth"; and it was so. And the earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. 

On the third day God allows the earth to produce plants through germination (sprouting) and growth until seeds are produced. The Hebrew word dasha refers to a plant that sprouts from a seed until the seedling turns green.¹² This verb tells us that God used processes identical to what we see on the earth today. Plants spouted, grew to maturity, and produced seeds. Several kinds of plants are described. The Hebrew word deshe¹³ refers primarily to grasses; the word eseb¹⁴ refers primarily to herbs and the words peri¹⁵ ets¹⁶ refer to fruit trees.

what a reflection of the way we are supposed to behave in relationships to grow the harvest of believers in His kingdom, from the days of creation He has shown us examples of how to 

*be planted

*grow to maturity

*produce seeds

* photo is from my neighborhood, thought it was a great reflection of the changing of the seasons, reminding me that to everything there is a season