As I look at my garden this morning...I can't help but picture a spiritual application. A storm blew in night before last. Lots of rain, wind, thunder and lightening. My garden looks good, but some of the corn was leaning over. A closer look showed no breaks in the stalks, some were just leaning over and bent. My thoughts began to take over.
My life is like that garden. I have to work hard and stay focused. If I don't, then weeds and pests can come in and reek havoc. If I keep it watered, then it will stay healthy and grow. If I am patient, it will produce wonderfully healthy food that not only will feed myself, but those around me as well. Storms will come....but if I planted correctly, the roots will hold.
The wind blew the corn over a couple nights ago. But as the sun came out, the corn began to stand back straight and tall. Some stayed a little leaned over, but it will still produce corn! And here I am day 2 after the storm...and the garden has grown...everything is greener....the garden is beautiful.
Sometimes we don't understand the reasons for the storms of life....sometimes we never know the reason....but, if we are rooted in His Word, keep focused on Him, diligently work, then when the storms of life come....we shall not be moved! The storm may bend us over, but as the Son comes out, we will straighten back up! Some storms may really work us over, and we may bear signs of that storm...we may always seem a little 'bent'. But, that doesn't mean our spiritual walk is over. Some of the most twisted, bent, stalks of corn produce the most and prettiest corn we have ever seen!!
Keep tending to that garden.....keep pulling the weeds, keep fertilizing, keep applying the dusts to keep pests away, keep watering.......there is a reward coming!!!! Not only will you reap what you sow and be blessed....but everyone around you will receive blessings as well!!
