The one thing I love about gardening is
that you can try things over and over again until you get it right.
Last year my Tomato patch collapsed the fence it was growing against
because I had too many plants in one patch. This year I have thinned
things out and added some poles for them to grow against, but
admittedly the poles were an after-thought and although they are
holding for now, I think chances are that they could collapse if
faced with a really rough storm.
The thought crossed my mind today that
if I fail with this batch again, I think I will have found the
perfect plan. Plant the poles first and make sure they are stable,
then align the plants accordingly and train them to grow up the
poles.
Growing in our relationship with God is
much the same. In the beginning we throw everything into our efforts
to connect with God and get to know Him, but we find we are left with
a bit of a mangled mess. Some aspects of our faith walk become
strong and grow but our support structure isn't strong enough so our
efforts fail.
As we grow we learn, then as we learn
we implement our successes and would you know it, after some tries we
eventually find that our faith walk is far more comfortable and we
are able to remain steadfast in our belief in God.
If you have suffered recent failure in
your relationship with God and wondering if is worth trying again,
please do! God's grace is rich towards us and when we allow Him too
He will send His Holy Spirit to hold us and comfort us and give us
strength to try again!
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