From day to day, the landscape of a garden changes. Take, for instance, the few days of drought we've had in West Kentucky, compounded by 100 degree weather, and that tends to change green plants to yellow...then brown. Also, there are these things called "weeds" that have to be tilled up and hoed out from around the fruits of your labor...and it doesn't take long for those weeds to take over.
Gardening is a constant, daily battle. There is always something to do...and the Christian life is very similar. There are days in our lives where we're not focused on God, where we don't come to the fountain of Christ to drink, and our souls begin to wilt. "Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord." (Acts 3:19 - NIV). At other times, we let the world take over our focus, and our spiritual lives begin to be choked out by our fleshly desires.
From day to day our spiritual landscape changes. There will be times of plenty, and times of want, but always remember that there is a time of refreshing waiting to be seized.
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