Monday, July 3, 2017

Rotten Tomatoes and Walls



You see this? About two weeks ago, my friend and I started noticing these little pimple like dots on our tomato plants. When we looked up why this was happening, we found out it was because of stress in the root system. We planted these tomatoes in a raised bed, which means they're in a box full of dirt above the ground. Little did we know, there's gravel all underneath the garden bed which is causing drainage problems, hence the root stress that's not allowing the roots to dig deep into the soil. For months we've been watering, fertilizing, weeding, and pruning, unaware of our issue, but now that it's time for the fruit to come the problems are obvious. The fruit is now rotting at the bottom due to the lack of calcium being absorbed because of root damage. The roots are stuck and can't fully absorb the nutrients needed to thrive. I couldn't help but apply this to my own life. WALLS. We can water, feed, weed and prune our lives all day long, but if we refuse to let Jesus break down the walls inside, our roots will never be able to run deep enough to produce the good God intended for us to bear. We will get to a certain maturity level, and then stop growing or rot because there are walls that haven't been broken down. Do you have a wall you haven't let Jesus break down? Unforgiveness, jealousy, bitterness? If so, it's stopping you from experiencing the fullness of joy Jesus wants us to have in this life. 
Jesus, break down my walls!! I don't want my life to look like this tomato, all rotten and stressed.
Unfortunately, it's too late to save my little tomatoes. As long as there's a wall, my plants will always die. Only if I remove the stones and gravel they will thrive. #lessonsfromthegarden

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