When life springs new
When Life sprang new in Northern Nevada where I grew up, Daddy would already have the ground ready for his first planting. Onions, radishes, lettuce, potatoes, beets, carrots, you name it, he had it in the ground. He had the biggest garden in our little town, and fed most of the people there with his abundant crops. By summer’s end we had watermelon and cantaloupe to give away. He was a farm boy as a youngster and helped his mom raise chickens and knew what to do to make them produce more eggs, and make her garden grow better as well.
I always love the Spring. When irises pop out of the leaves in the flowerbeds, I know it’s almost time to plant my garden. I have five acres. I don’t plant gardens like I used to do. My husband planted a half acre of peanuts one year. I still have peanuts in my freezer I will probably never use.
Now I plant in old bathtubs, buckets, and such like. It’s easier to keep weeds out than from a whole acre of crop land. I even took an old worn out upright freezer, gutted it, and made a planter out of it.
Now when the season is right, and the frost is no longer a threat (who knows in West Texas), I plant the things I like most to eat. Tomatoes, cucumbers, squash of all kinds, and egg plant, okra, turnips, and asparagus. It’s easy to grow things I like because I take care of them better.
When Spring comes late, frost kills the blossoms on the fruit trees and we don’t get much fruit. But when it comes early, we have more fruit than we know what to do with. So we give it to church family, and the needy in our city.
This reminds me so much of what Jesus expects us to do. We all have a garden of abundance, and we need to share it with others. What we don’t have is often the desire to even plant His Word in our hearts. But when we do, Hope springs new, and we always have the opportunity to share with others how He blesses us with His fruit.
One day soon and very soon, we will be with Him in Heaven, sharing in the crops of trees and gardens unlike anything we could ever grow on earth.
Up there we will share everything we have with everyone up there with us. We need to get busy sharing the fruit of His Spirit now, so we will have more people to share it with for all eternity.