You get out of it, what you put in to it
A farmer and his three boys were working their garden. A neighbor stopped and asked him one day why he was working his boys so hard to grow the garden. The farmer replied, “I’m not just growing the garden, I’m growing 3 sons”.
Growing a garden to a lot of people is way too much work. It involves too much time, too much sweat. Why do I have a garden? Well, I like to eat! I realize that I could be spending my time (and sweat) fishing or doing something else that may be seem like more FUN than growing food. But you reap what you sow.
2 Corinthians 9:6-9The Voice (VOICE) 6 But I will say this to encourage your generosity: the one who plants little harvests little, and the one who plants plenty harvests plenty. 7 Giving grows out of the heart—otherwise, you’ve reluctantly grumbled “yes” because you felt you had to or because you couldn’t say “no,” but this isn’t the way God wants it. For we know that “God loves a cheerful giver.”[a] 8 God is ready to overwhelm you with more blessings than you could ever imagine so that you’ll always be taken care of in every way and you’ll have more than enough to share.
Growing as a Christian to a lot of people is way too much work. It involves too much time. Why am I a Christian? Well, I like to eat spiritually! I say that little prayer, “Lord, help me”, and it grows into blessings beyond what I can imagine. I know there are times that I am in my earthly garden of Christianity and it feels like a lot of work. But I am beginning to realize that God is growing His garden, and “growing” me into one of his family, one of His sons. Could you pass the corn and potatoes please?
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