i was listening to someone talk about seasons...we all know that a farmer needs to plant before he can nurture, nurture before he can harvest, but did you know you have to prepare the ground before you plant? lots of time is spent turning over the hard ground, removing rocks and weed, augmenting the soil so it feeds the plants and give nutrients to the produce.
i am in a time of preparation...have been for a long time. i guess God started when i was young when He broke through the hard ground of my heart and started removing rocks and weeds that would keep me from growing full and green. i learned that every year farmers have to pull more rocks off their fields that have been forced up from under ground by the frost of the previous winter...cold dark months of pressure that push the rocks up from 18 inches deep. i'm like that ground and much of my rocks have been forced to the surface during cold dark moments in my life. those dark months were awful, heart wrenching times that felt as if it could not get any darker, but the good that God brought by allowing Him access has proven His faithfulness, over and over. He's loved, protected and provided as He removed rock; of pridefulness, fear, stubbornness...rocks so many more rocks that would keep me from growing fruit worthy of the Kings orchard.
the farmer doesn't only take away bad stuff from the field he also adds good stuff back in to make the soil richer...and God has been faithful to do that for me too, adding new relationships into my life that challenge me to higher places and grander goals, new experiences that stretch me and make me step out of my safe routine and just the joy of the every day.
scripture says there is a time for everything...i want to be content in this season...but not complacent.
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