Decided to invade this little Lady's world
and steal a
couple of her orange Lazy Bug loungers.
The satsuma trees are literally falling over
with these delicious balls of citrus.
Time to harvest...
For years...
I'm talking 5+ years,
our trees were not producing any fruit.
What few satsumas it did produce...
were tasteless and filled with a gazillion seeds.
Could not figure out what the deal was.
Then a wise old Cajun man shared some much needed information....
Gardening knowledge that everyone would benefit from...
My poor little trees had these bad boys growing from beneath their grafting site...
your fruit will not be as good if you are not grafted into His Kingdom...
and literally sucking the life out of my now bitter balls of fruit.
He is the source of Life...
anything below Him, leads to bitterness and death!
These stems are full of long thorns and can grow as tall as the tree which make it very confusing to know what's a good branch and what's a bad one.
Just look for the thorns and if the branch leads you back down to the ground...
Chop it!!!
Still others, like seed sown among thorns, hear the word; but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and choke the word, making it unfruitful. Mark 4:18-19
Now,
since we've pruned the 'devil' out of em....
they have become quite a winter retreat for our seasonal "snow" bugs
and have produced a 'super sized' harvest fit for a king!!!
These 2 batches are just from one tree!!!
So,
what's God's take home message for me
with this little pruning/harvesting adventure?
When I allow Him to prune out all the yucky stuff in my life/world
and stay plugged into His world...
Then my world
becomes so much
more productive,
more enjoyable,
and just plain sweeter
for all to enjoy!
SATSUMA ANYONE?
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