Monday, September 30, 2002
Monday, September 30, 2002
Let us approach with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts
sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
The old minister looked at him a few moments in silence, then said kindly, "God loves you
better than He does your peaches. He knows that while peaches do better without frosts, it is
impossible to grow the best people without some adversity. His object is to grow people, not
peaches."
God's intent is not to grow peaches. It is to grow people--people whose hearts, minds and
souls are fit to share eternity with Him.
(Hebrews 10.22
NRSV)
A story in Christian Worker's magazine tells about a young man who was trying to establish
himself as a peach grower. He had worked hard and invested his all in a peach orchard which
blossomed wonderfully --until a frost came and killed all the blossoms. The young fellow did
not go to church the next Sunday, nor the next, nor the next, nor the next. His pastor went to
see him to inquire about his absence. The young fellow exclaimed with bitterness in his voice,
"I'm never coming again. Do you think I can worship a God who cares for me so little that he
would let a frost kill all my peaches?"
Dear Jesus, touch my heart and help me grow a heart that is fit for your kingdom. Amen.
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