Author Archives: Adonai's Appeal

Ask any farmer or gardener and they will tell you that farming is a collective effort. The success of any garden or farmer is not just dependent on you (and your fellow farm hands or garden helpers) but on God. There is only some much you can do as a gardener and well the restContinue reading “Planting & Watering”

You will only grow what you plant. A gardener can’t want to grow roses and plant lilies, hoping to get roses. You can’t plant tomatoes hoping to grow blueberries. It just won’t happen. This principle is true in our lives. Paul tells us God is not mocked, so we shouldn’t be deceived. We will onlyContinue reading “Sowing & Reaping”

No gardener wants weeds. They pull them out and destroy them. Jesus tells a parable about weeds and gardeners. In this story, a gardener plants his garden and while his workers were asleep and the enemy snuck in and threw out weed seeds with the good seeds. The plants starting growing the servants asked theContinue reading “Weeds vs. Plants”

You aren’t a gardener if you don’t plant. You can clean, wash, pull weeds, prep soil, gather supplies, and more but if you never attempt to grow something you just simply aren’t a gardener. But planting is fraught with dangers and possibles. The plants may never take off. They may grow for a little butContinue reading “A Gardener Must Plant”

Gardeners are constantly pulling weeds. You don’t want them to spread and you don’t want their roots to take hold in your soil or pot. So, it is important to gardeners to pull weeds. But if you don’t replace them with something else or you don’t root them out completely they will return and canContinue reading “Clean out AND Replace!”

Here’s the thing about gardening and farming – it’s hard work especially in the ground planting. Don’t get me wrong pot planting is hard too but it’s not nearly as hard as in the ground gardening. Whether you’re a farmer or a gardener, in the ground planting is hard hard work. And if you tryContinue reading “Work Hard, Don’t Follow After Emptiness.”

I grew up with gardeners and farmers. My PapPaw was a farmer and gardener. My mother followed right in his footsteps. To this day when I call my mom in the spring and summer months, there is a strong likelihood she is watering her plants. It is a time consuming task but one that isContinue reading “The Importance of Watering”

When planting directly into the ground, every gardener and farmer knows you’ve got to work the soil. Tilling the ground is hard and dirty work especially out here in West Texas. The ground is often hard which means you’ve got use water to help soften the ground but that makes the work so much dirtier.Continue reading “Work the Soil of Your Life”

Today is the Lord’s Day and in keeping with our theme of gardening, let us consider a question the Lord posed to His disciples. Who begins a project without first sitting down to count the cost? The answer to Jesus’ rhetorical question here is obvious – no one and if someone does then it wouldContinue reading “Have you counted the cost?”

Preparing is a gardening bread and butter. You’ve got to prepare the ground, planter boxes, and pots. Otherwise, if you don’t and you try to grow new plants in unprepared soil, generally speaking, they won’t last long and will die. Gardeners have to take the time to prepare if they want to have success growing.Continue reading “Prepare for work!”