On the last day of school in June, Robby’s teacher gave each child a different kind of seed to plant in his yard at home. Robby went home and planted his, but it was a long time before he knew what kind of a plant grew from his seed. In September the children brought what they had grown to school with them. Tracy had a big red flower. Mike had a tomato. But Robby told his teacher that his plant was still growing in his yard, and he still didn’t know just what it was.
“Wait a few more weeks,” his teacher said, “and you will soon find out.”
How happy Robby was a few weeks later to discover that it was a pumpkin vine! His mother made some delicious pumpkin pies out of the pumpkins.
Every Christian boy and girl is planting seeds during his life. I don’t mean real seeds like Robby planted. We are planting seeds of love, kindness, hate, lying or unkindness. What kind of seeds are you planting? What you plant in your “garden” you will harvest later. If you have accepted Christ as your Saviour, ask Him to help you plant seeds of love and kindness. You will collect love and kindness in return, and He will give you a reward in heaven, too.
ML-02/06/1983