Lessons I Learned in
the Orchard
It is a very warm August
day and I’m sitting nestled in an orchard in Washington State. The beauty and symmetry of the orchard would
be awe inspiring without the fruit, but the abundance of the bright red
cherries and the vivid orange apricots make all my efforts at seasonal
decorations pale.
I learned a lesson
from God’s creation that has motivated me to put more energy into sharing my
faith. Walking down a row of cherry
trees I observed that one tree had a different variety of cherries. I inquired of the owner and he told me that
was a pollinator tree. The different
variety of cherry tree pollinated the other variety causing it to produce more
fruit.
Here’s my takeaway
from my relaxing time in the orchard. A
lot of work goes in to having a good crop of fruit. I have watched the workers carefully control
the amount of water and thin the branches to allow the sun to ripen the fruit
at just the right time. This orchard is
80 years old and the trees are mature and sturdy continuing to produce an
amazing crop.
I too am mature (and
sturdy). I want to be a pollinator for
Jesus. Girls, our faith can empower us
to pollinate with the gospel everyone we meet without a spoken word. Our world today is so crazy and people are
stressed and many are fearfilled. Let’s
make every effort to live in a way that demonstrates the Love of Jesus in the
most basic of life’s activities.
There are so many
scriptural passages referring to fruit.
I do want my actions to reflect Christ in a way that produces
fruit. There is no greater joy than to
share my faith with someone and have them pray to receive Christ into their
life. Are you living in a way that would draw someone to inquire about your
life and why you are so peaceful?
Matthew 7:17-20
17 A good tree
produces good fruit, and a bad tree produces bad fruit. 18 A good tree can't
produce bad fruit, and a bad tree can't produce good fruit. 19 So every tree
that does not produce good fruit is chopped down and thrown into the fire. 20
Yes, just as you can identify a tree by its fruit, so you can identify people
by their actions. NLT
Hebrews 13:15-16
15 Therefore by Him
let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of
our lips, giving thanks to His name. 16 But do not forget to do good and to
share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. NKJV
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