31 Days to Fruitful Living — Day 1
I am a city girl with a black thumb. I do not grow things. Fruit is purchased at the supermarket and brought home. I do not like to get my hands dirty.
This year, my one-word focus is “fruitilicious.” My desire to is to live a fruitful life for God, but He is teaching me that this will require me to put in some spiritual elbow grease. I can’t buy this kind of fruit in the store. I must cultivate it.
So, for the next 31 days, I am going to be examining what it will require for me to live a more fruitful life. I hope you will join me. I will do my best to not let my black thumb get in the way of things.
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DAY ONE:
In order to grow a fruit tree, you do not need to own an orchard. You don’t even need to have a big back yard. Apparently, you can plant a fruit-bearing tree in a regular old pot. All you need is a space set aside for the seed to germinate.
Spiritually, fruit bearing begins in your heart. You don’t need to possess great talent or reputation. All you need is to set aside your heart as a place for God to begin to plant the seed of His Word.
Is my heart ready to receive what the Master Gardener hopes to cultivate?
“The Message bears fruit and gets larger and stronger…”
Colossians 1:6A, MSG
Ooh, this looks like fun, Lyli! Enjoy!
Thanks, Kendra. So nice to connect with you through the link up over at The Nester’s!
Dear sweet Lyli
Yes, just that one seed of Jesus’ life planted in our hearts will grow into a mighty fruit bearing tree for our Pappa God is the Gardener and just as well for our black thumbed ones.
Blessings XX
Mia
I am thankful that He does not have the same black thumb that I do… 🙂
Great topic, Lyli! I definitely want to set aside my heart for planting the seed of His word. I grow hungrier for His Word every day!
So glad you stopped by, Jerralea! It’s a daily choice…. I need to stick to it.
Great analogy! (I don’t have a green thumb, either, by the way!!)
Thanks, Mary. 1 down, 30 to go.. 🙂
Lyli – thank you for linking up with my site! From small things, God can grow great things! We just started gardening this year, and we failed in some areas but reaped a harvest in some (like green beans and growing our first pumpkin!) What a wonderful reminder it has been to me of the joy of the harvest!
Melissa, that must have been the best green beans and pumpkin ever! How fun! 🙂
You’re doing 31 days, too! Love this theme–and love the word fruitilicious. 🙂
Thanks, Sandy! I having fun putting these posts together so far, but I haven’t exactly mapped out all 31 posts, so I may have a meltdown around day 20… Stay tuned! 🙂
I love this post! I too have a very black thumb and leave the gardening to my husband and children! But I’m hoping this will change as I get older and try harder to be still and look at the details. I’ve heard several women in my life say how being in nature brings them closer to God and I want to enjoy that too! Blessings to you!
Carrie, there is something special about watching something you planted grow. I am just so undisciplined. I just had to bring a plant home from work for my husband to try to save it — I did water it as instructed, but it wasn’t thriving. Boo hoo! — I am thankful that God does the gardening in my heart…. He gets much better results than me.
Wow!! I give you credit for doing the 31-Day Challenge. I enjoyed reading your post and am glad I stopped over from Michele DeRusha’s linkup party today.
Thanks, Judith! This is definitely a crazy endeavor, but so far I am really enjoying it. I am so glad you stopped by. 🙂