Friday, May 25, 2007

watermelon faith

I was thinking about the wonder of faith.  The Lord compares faith to a mustard seed.  He also tells us that the mustard seed eventually grows into a tree.
 
Matthew 17:20 He replied, "Because you have so little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there' and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you."[
Matthew 13:32 Though it is the smallest of all your seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and perch in its branches."
 
I'm not so familiar with mustard plants so I'm going to work on "Watermelon Faith".  I know what a watermelon seed looks like and I'm very clear on the size and weight of a ripe watermelon.  Did you know that watermelons can grow to be larger than 100 pounds and that they are a great source of vitamins A, B1, B6, C and lots of antioxidants and one serving only has 48 calories.  It only takes 90 days for that small seed to grow to full size.  A seed is a focal point of information that actively converts raw material in the soil into useful plant growth.  The seed doesn't have to be large and we don't particularly want to eat the seed (watermelon seed spitting contests take place everywhere!).  Just as house plans are much smaller than a house, a seed can be much smaller than its plant.  But the seed is absolutely dedicated to one task...making one large watermelon.  I wonder if we can develop faith that is focused on taking the resources God has placed around us and growing them into new life...spiritual life.  Our seed might transform broken hearts and torn marriages into healing and restoration.  It might guide one who is lost, thinking this world was everything, to the eternal Lord.  Our seed can focus on raising children not only to survive and thrive physically but to know their Creator personally.  The watermelon seed doesn't get a lot of glory, but it's in the seed that the action takes place!
 
blessings,
Rob Smith
 
I guess we can look at our lives like watermelon seeds.  We can each

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