Not Thorn Bearers

For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned. Hebrews 6:7-8

If your little garden patch bears a crop of those high plains goatheads (sand burrs, stickers, @&$##!'s) and you have a desire to prance daintily through the rows with your tender soles to gather some tomatoes for the sauce, then you will soon know what it is to curse the bearers of thorns. The garden bears the fruits of the seeds that are in it, and so do we with some important differences. We are given the opportunity to decide some of what is put into our garden, and we have decisions to make that may bear fruit or thorns. Praise God there is a gardener though, and He has provided His Spirit to make sure that we are not thorn bearers. It is true that some deep digging is done to get the long-buried thorn seeds out of our gardens, but our Lord perseveres in His good work. We are the Lord's work in progress!

Have a fruitful day in Christ the Lord!

Bucky