I have really enjoyed working in our yard since we moved into the house last September. Our front yard has pretty good dirt in the flower beds. Pretty much anything will grow there. We bought a bunch of bulbs and a rose bush and its all growing great.
On the side of the house there is a retaining wall. The neighbors have peagravel on their side of the fence. A few weeds spring up there and grow for a little bit but dont last long if there isn't any rain. Within a few days things wither away.
The back yard has pretty good soil right around the house. The grass is thick and green but in the very back its hard and not much is growing. I am transplanting St Augustine grass back there hoping that it will eventually cover over the hard dirt and we can have a pretty green back yard to enjoy.
All of this reminds me of the parable of the Sower and the Seed.
Mark 4:3 “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. 4 And it happened, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the wayside; and the birds of the air[a] came and devoured it. 5 Some fell on stony ground, where it did not have much earth; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of earth. 6 But when the sun was up it was scorched, and because it had no root it withered away. 7 And some seed fell among thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. 8 But other seed fell on good ground and yielded a crop that sprang up, increased and produced: some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some a hundred.”
Two questions for you: 1What kind of ground is your heart as you read this? 2 Are you sowing any seeds?
I must confess that lately my heart has been a little crusty and hard. I have had a bad attitude towards my daily job. There has been A LOT of change going on and some of it doesn't even make sense. I am so very thankful to a loving and gracious heavenly father that allows us to go through some tough times to soften our hearts for His glory.
We fly to Kenya in 47 days.
Please pray for:
Our team of 12 going to serve the Lord there.
Divine appointments
Safety
Health
On time flights and luggage
Families that we leave behind
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