Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? Behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. John 4:35
Blackberry season is one of my favorites. I love blackberries. Every year I look forward to the season. During one of my escapades, the Lord began to lay upon my heart a message for his children. The place where I pick is an overgrown plot of land on my fathers place way back towards the woods. It’s an awful place but full of blackberry bushes. I decided to go early in the morning before it got to hot. The grass was wet and miserable. When I arrived on the four-wheeler to my destination, I noticed that there were ripe berries but not very many and I continued to drive further into the wilderness path. Still only a few ripe berries here and there. I wondered if it was really worth my time to stop and pick the berries but I heard the soft voice of the Holy Spirit say one berry at a time. So, I began to pick the berries. Then that still small voice said one sole at a time and he repeated this over and over. Here we are in our fathers’ kingdom and he has said that we are to go and bring forth fruit. This does not mean that we are to produce the fruit. He has already brought it forth. Just like the berry bushes there are ripe souls scattered throughout our lives, our towns, our families, our nation and we think is it really worth our time to stop and pick there seems to be so few. And our father cries one soul at a time.
As I continued to pick the berries, the thorns began to cut my legs and my dog that was with me would try and eat the ripe parries before I could get to them. A lot of the juiciest berries were in the midst of the thorns and I had to really work to get to them. In our fathers kingdom there will be many thorns many oppositions and we are going to have to work to harvest the fruit. As we gather Satan will be standing by trying to devour those souls before we can reach them and we think is it really worth the cuts and dealing with the thorns? Do we have to continually fight off the dog (Satan)? And our Father cries YES one soul at a time.
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Sunday, June 15, 2008
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About Me
- Becky
- Macon, MS., United States
- I was born and raised in Mississippi and it’s where I live today with my husband of 26 years, Mike. The Lord blessed us with three beautiful children, Lesley, Sarah and Shannon. Accepting the role of caretaker, I moved into my parents’ home to care for my mother, who suffers with cancer, and my father, a great man of faith in Jesus Christ, who recently passed away after his long battle with Alzheimer’s. Loss is, unfortunately, no stranger to me. I was 29 when, my sister and best friend passed away from heart complications at the ripe age of 28. I am comforted knowing they are both reunited with our heavenly father in Heaven. Through my 51 years, I have experienced most of what the world has to offer and found my peace, joy and hope in Christ alone. I have worked as a software trainer for 12 years, but my true passion is loving people. My burden for souls is unquenchable. I maintain an unyielding stance against phariseeism. I am an outgoing, opinionated, intuitive, generous, passionate, forgiving free spirit, who loves the Lord above all else. While reading my blog it is my desire that you experience the Presence of Almighty God.
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