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Pomegranates

Posted by jlsgrant in God's Inspiration, Nature, Photo Story on March 23, 2011

It really is the simple things, right?  We just have to take the time to notice them….I suspect they are always there, but in our busy-ness, we often neglect taking the time to really see that which is around us.

Year after year, we look at our scraggly little Pomegranate and wonder if it will really produce any fruit.  (Honestly, how do I know it is truly a pomegranate if it never has the fruit to prove it?  Hmmm…There is a lesson hidden there, right?)  Every year, it’s put on the list….the “chopping block” ….the list of plants to yank from the ground!  It really is scraggly, quite a homely looking, pathetic little thing.  But touring the plants in the yard today, I noticed something new and wonderful!  So of course, I must share the good news with you!

The Lesson:  We, just like my pomegranate tree, are known by our fruit!  

“A healthy tree does not bear bad fruit, nor does a poor tree bear good fruit.  Every tree is known by the fruit it bears; you do not pick figs from thorn bushes or gather grapes from bramble bushes.  A good person brings good out of the treasure of good things in his heart; a bad person brings bad out of his treasure of bad things. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.”  Luke 6:43 – 45 Good News Translation

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Decay

Posted by jlsgrant in Photo Story on February 25, 2011

  
 DE-CAY: verb 
  
to decline from a sound or prosperous condition, 
to decrease usually gradually in size, quantity, activity, or force,
to fall into ruin, 
to decline in health, strength, or vigor,
to undergo decomposition
  
Origin:
  
Middle English, from Anglo-French decaïr,
from Late Latin decadere to fall, sink,
from Latin de- + cadere to fall (from Merriam-Webster.com) 
 
 
 
I’ve always been intrigued by old vacant buildings. 
 
I wonder about their history; about what they were like in their “hay-day” and about the folks who once lived or worked there?  I wonder about the first day; the joy and pride they felt walking in the door of their new place.
 
I wonder about the sad day that was the last for the old place. 
 
I wonder what went wrong? 
 
This place of decay was once a man’s dream; it was his lively hood, undoubtedly part of his identity….It now sits alone and silent where the elements destroy, wakened only by the sound of rusted hinges blowing in the wind.  
  
A wise Man once said, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal ; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”  Matthew 6: 19 – 21 NASB
 

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