31 Days to Fruitful Living — Day 7
Juicy, sweet fruit is yummy. It’s attractive. It’s desirable. If you don’t protect your fruit from “undesirable elements,” soon pesky bugs will make their home in the branches of your tree — laying eggs and tunneling into your fruit. The infestation will result in misshapen and damaged fruit.
As I pursue a fruitful life, I must exterminate pests who seek to worm their way in and destroy what God is cultivating in my life. These tormentors may seem a harmless nuisance at first, but if I don’t separate myself from their influence, they will sap the sweetness right out ravage the harvest.
“If you grow a healthy tree,
you’ll pick healthy fruit.
If you grow a diseased tree,
you’ll pick worm-eaten fruit.
The fruit tells you about the tree.”
Matthew 12:33, MSG
Q4U: How do you keep healthy and protect your harvest from pesky thieves?
Thanks for joining me for Day 7!
Dear Lyli
These nasty beasties remind me of the little foxes ruining the vineyard. I think it is a matter of asking Pappa to renew our though processes and grace to replace those ruts with truth!
Blessings XX
Mia
Yes, Mia. I agree. Those sly foxes are no match for God’s grace.
Lyli – So very true.! “They seem harmless at first.” In my own garden, it is when I ignore that first beetle that I live to regret it.Seriously, there have been times I left the one, only to find my tomato plants infested & the beetles chewing up the leaves. Trying to play catch up is so much harder a job. I always end up wishing that I had dealt with the one quickly. Great analogy!
Have a great Monday!
Joanne
Thanks, Joanne. I know in my own life I fail to heed red flags and then soon enough it’s a toxic situation.