The seeds of good deeds become a tree of life; a wise person wins friends. Proverbs 11:30 (NLT) Every day, I am given opportunities, chance meetings, open doors... to do the right thing. It may be an action, a spoken word. It could simply be a kind glance, an encouraging smile, or a gentle touch. All just seeds. But then again, God might be asking of me a grander move... sacrifice of money, time, talent, effort. These are Your seeds of good deeds. I've been known to grip them too tightly in my grasp. Hesitant to let them go. I've been known to miss the moment of planting them in the fertile soil of best intention. The place these seeds were meant to land. They would have been... watered, nurtured, grown strong, in another's life. But if I face each day with focus, open hands, willing eyes, to see a world around me as opportunity to plant... rather than, a place that is trying to snatch my seeds from this tightly gripped hand... Then I should be happy about letting go. Dropping them along my path as I walk through each day. Leaving a legacy. Better yet… planting a tree of life in eternity. Then the angel showed me a river with the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. It flowed down the center of the main street. On each side of the river grew a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, with a fresh crop each month. The leaves were used for medicine to heal the nations. Revelation 22:1-2 (NLT) What a beautiful vision. This is a prophecy of heaven. Imagining... a tree that can grow different fruit each month? I long to be a member of this heavenly "fruit-of-the-month-club." I seek to plant these seeds... to grow a tree of life in eternity. The seeds of good deeds that fall from open hands today. Along the way, friendships will bloom as I wander this path. All You require is my open hand. Your seeds to pass through... a smile, a gentle touch, a kind gaze, a generous word. Each of us becomes wiser as we sow these seeds… giving more than we take. Word of God, train me today... to be a planter of these seeds of good deeds, to hold them loosely in my hands and give them freely, as You will always give more. Lord, I am amazed at Your truth. What beauty You have created here on this earth. I can only imagine the amazing walk we will take under the shade of those trees of life eternal. Let me be a part of this planting. Let me be a part of the fruit that is born. Let me help on this day with the gifts You have given. I hold my hands open and ask that You make me more aware of the places You have tended and made ready the soil. Thank You, Lord, for visions of eternity! Thank You, Lord, for including me. Thank You, Lord, that someone planted a seed of good deeds in me. I will be faithful. I will be fruitful. I will plant.
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