The Full Gamut

I went from 10 hours at Ignite Chicago (a Christian music festival) with the youth Sunday afternoon to the Senior Saints' breakfast today. Concerts help keep me young, but I'm still tired today.

We got our first fruits from the garden last night. A few cucumbers, a mess of beans, and some lettuce. Wanna guess why we harvested cucs, beans, and lettuce? That's what we sowed. What are you sowing?

We're gardening long distance (about 5 miles) so it's hard to keep up with the weeds sometimes. We'll get it all cleaned up and think, maybe it will stay clean this time. Maybe we finally knocked out the last of the weeds and grass. Maybe they'll get the idea. But guess what? They just keep coming back. I think there are a few good spiritual lesson for us there.

-- Weeds grow. Temptation will always be in our lives. It takes different shapes as we move through life, but they will always be there.
--Weeds are best dealt with when they are small and on a day to day basis. Weeding our spirits every now and then gets messy and can be ugly. Walking in the Spirit is a daily cleansing.
--Weeds choke out the good. The best fruit comes from a garden where all the sunshine, nutrients, and water are reserved only for the good seed. Weeds steal our strength and keep us from what could be.

Slip away today with God and do a little weeding.

Be Refreshed!

Proverb of the Day: Proverbs 22:2 Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.

Scripture of the Day: Psalm 150 1 Praise the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. 2 Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. 3 Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, 4 praise him with tambourine and dancing, praise him with the strings and flute, 5 praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. 6 Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD.

Quote of the Day:
do not tell me what I can and cannot do when I rock
original material my crew nonstop
we're keepin' it fly we'll turn it out
ya'll feelin' some of that? no doubt!
John Reuben, chorus of "Do Not" at Ignite Chicago