Grounded!
Okay....I made the move! Yes, I went to the store and bought the plants, potting soil, Miracle Gro, and all that is needed to get into the groove with porch pots and garden spots! Seems I wasn't alone in this feat. The aisles of the greenhouse area were flooded with guys and gals making their picks of the popular plants - Gerber Daisies, Geraniums, and the like.
Next, I made my way to the vegetable packs and chose my favorites; red bell pepper, sweet banana pepper, grape tomatoes, Better Boy's, and so on. Then it was off to the house to get these tender plants into the ground.
My first move was to clear the garden of weeds that had made their way up through my pine straw covering for the winter. After weed removal I spread a little fertilizer and mixed it all in leaving a nice base of turned black Rocky Hock sand in which to plan these hopefuls!
I gently removed them one by one and placed them in my garden and in the designated spots and pots. When it was all done I set the water hose to mist and made sure all of them had an ample supply of water to get started on their journey.
I couldn't help but notice to tabs on each one, telling me the number of days in which I could expect delicious fruits from my labor. We shall see.
With the right sun, water, weed removal, and the like we should be in fine business especially since we juice them with a little Miracle Gro along the way. My plants in the garden and in the pots are grounded well. That makes me think of the importance of myself being grounded in the Word of God as I walk out this journey as a Christian. Paul prayed for this very thing for the Ephesian believers and for us as well ---
Ephesians 3:14-19 ESV
14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
15 from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,
16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being,
17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith--that you, being rooted and grounded in love,
18 may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth,
19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Paul fully expected the power of the Holy Spirit to strengthen the believers. And because they were "rooted and grounded" they would exceed anyone's expectation of walking in the fullness of God. They would grow. They would produce fruit! Like them, let us make every effort to be grounded in the Word and nurtured through connection with other believers in fellowship. Have a great week! And consider planting your own little garden.
Dr. Wallace Phillips, President
Barnabas21 - "Caring For God's Servants in the 21st Century"
www.barnabas21.com
Barnabas21
P.O. Box 16
Edenton, North Carolina 27932
Phone: 252.287.7572
