Take a look at this picture- a
good close look. What is wrong with it? So here is how the story goes. I was
blessed to be able to go to the Indiana State Fair with some friends a couple
of weeks ago. While we were there, I was given some seeds/ a kit to grow my own
“Pizza Garden”, complete with tomato, banana pepper, oregano, and basil. With
the guidance of my Uncle and Grandpa (I know next to nothing of growing plants
from seeds!), I excitedly took a Sunday afternoon to swell the little seed
protection pellets, mix the dirt, plant the seeds, and water them. I left them
outside to get sunlight and checked on them every evening to give them water. I
knew that I would have to bring them inside as soon as they sprouted so our
lovely twin fawns would not see them as a delectible appetizer. One day, while
skyping my best friend in Honduras, I gasped as I saw my three pots. All three
had a hole right in the middle of the moist dirt. All three had the seed
pellets exposed and filleted open. All three had all of the seeds missing. I
could not stop from laughing/crying! It was a pretty hysterical sight! My first
planting experience as “Master Gardener” gone to nothing…
As I thought of all of the Biblical
connotations to this story, I drew a few conclusions. The story of the Sower
came to mind (Matthew 13) along with several others, but you know what?
Sometimes, I think that God just gives us experiences like that to remind us to
laugh at the shortness of life on this earth!
Ironically enough, that Sunday
we focused on time. On the way to church that Sunday, the song by Steven Curtis
Chapman of the “Glorious Unfolding” came on the radio. Take some time to listen
to the lyrics! They are beautiful. In the car, God was speaking to me through
the lyrics of not forgetting that our time here on this earth is just a small
piece of eternity. Gods kingdom is starting now! God pushed that thought in a
little further when we listened to the podcast by Andy Stanley about time in
Sunday School. His focus was on Ephesians 5:15-16 and about how we are called
to redeem the time by focusing on what is truly important. THEN that night in
my devotions, I opened up Jesus Calling to find (I will give you one guess…)
Ephesians 5:15-16. When God hits me with a concept three times in one day, I
think that it is time that I listen! Time
is precious! One minute we can be growing and the next minute we can be
squirrel food! (For all of my IWU cohorts… I bet it was Phillip the squirrel!) Or
if you prefer the Biblical analogy, we could be dried up, burnt grass. I pray
that my every moment, I would live for something that counts- SomeONE that
counts! That is my prayer for each of you as well!
“Be very careful, then, how you
live- not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because
the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the Lord’s
will is.” (Ephesians 5:15-17, NIV)
Remember, our time does not stop
when we die, it just continues on for eternity!
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