A Lack Of Depth

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God talks a lot about soil so soil must be important.

Like the old house in the picture, our gardens are in need of repair.

Many are satisfied with a thin layer of topsoil but a true productive garden needs depth in order for things to grow.

I was reading in "Streams In the Desert" this morning and it talked about the fruitful seed can't do anything if the soil it lands on has no depth.

When the soil (people) are shallow and simply want to feel good, birds of prey, the wind, or a little rainfall will wash wisdom away.

These are folks moved by a tender appeal, a good sermon, or virtuous words.

Our hearts are the same as soil and if we fail to cultivate them with the knowledge of good and evil, evil, like a bunch of weeds, wins.

"The profound character looks beyond all these, and moves steadily on, sailing past all storms and clouds into the clear sunshine which is always on the other side, and waiting for the afterwards which always brings the reversion of sorrow, seeming defeat and failure."

We live in a world that applauds shallow and discourages depth. Those in charge want an audience where seeds fail to take root so that the puppet masters can control the crop. Worse, if we stop looking for depth our dependence falls on them rather than God.

People are smarter than we give them credit for being. It's easy to let someone else tend your garden and do the weeding until that day you wake up to realize your life, the garden, is unproductive and full of weeds.

America, we are there. Our garden is unproductive, filled with thistles and the bugs and worms are eating everything in sight.

Our garden must be tended by us.

Time to haul in some topsoil and get serious about living rather than existing.

We live in exciting times.

We were made for such a time as....THIS.