Garden

You can be sure that God will take care of everything you need, his generosity exceeding even yours in the glory that pours from Jesus. Philippians 4:19

God's love pours out from everything. We can find it everywhere we search if we know what we are looking for.

God's promises are survival for me. He promises that all my need will be taken care of. He promises that He will supply the necessary things for me to live and He has kept to that promise! He also promises that He will never leave us and that He is planning our lives for our good and our best interest! I know that He keeps these promises and we can see glimpses of these things every day.

I'm really into gardening right now and today's devotion use the metaphor of a garden in our hearts. It was perfect and right up my alley. God says that He dwells in our hearts, which is a garden, and that there are mostly beautiful flowers there, but also some weeds. The way to get rid of the weeds are through quiet times with Him - He sheds light inside that gets rid of the weeds and grows the flowers. He also says that the trials of our life make the weeds shrivel up and the flowers gain strength.

How's your garden doing? Are you tending to the plants and flowers and allowing enough time to let the things grow and flourish?

These hard times are small potatoes compared to the coming good times, the lavish celebration prepared for us. There's far more here than meets the eye. 

2 Corinthians 4:17