The Harvest: the cozy warmth and inviting flame of one of God's love stories
This Is A Love Story, one of a joyful harvest. Blossoming to a beautiful tree from a tiny seed…
This Is A Love Story…
of how God relentlessly pursued one man.
As with any good love story, this one is filled with drama…
romance…
suspense…
good and evil…
betrayal…
deception…
it is also filled with beauty…
joy…
peace…
goodness…
patience…
kindness…
faithfulness…
gentleness…
and self-control…
and, of course, lots of Love!
This Is A Love Story of how our Heavenly Father pursued every stitch of my existence… heart, mind and soul…
To my wonderment, perhaps the most amazing part of this love story is how God kept me here in our fallen world. I look back at some of the turbulence and can’t imagine one surviving without it being God’s will…
and intermittent with extremely stormy weather came some of the most incredible blessings…
once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that just kept coming…
and the amazing feeling of God’s grace and the peace delivered through the presence of the Holy Spirit…
feelings so powerful they’re virtually indescribable.
This Is A Love Story of how a whimsical little boy is caught in a tug-of-war between good and evil…
and how God won!
The Harvest?
This story is still unfolding like the life cycle of a tree… seasoned wood turns to ashes in a good fire… creating fertile soil for the next seed to grow…
and so the season… the cycle… and The Harvest continues…
sowing the seed…
taking root…
the vine and the branches…
chopping wood…
curing…
and the warm cozy fire…
and when the fire goes out is the harvest over?
When there is oil in the lamp, the fire keeps burning bright…
and so the cycle starts over… and the harvest is never ending…
This Is A Love Story that is still unfolding…
thank you for following this story, to God goes all the glory 🙂
I’m writing today as a contributor to the Christian Writers Blog Chain. Our theme for this month is The Harvest. Christianwriters.com is an excellent place to network if you’re a Christian writer or author.
Christian Writers Blog Chain
Nice use of Harvest in showing the cycle of renewal.
How we all are renewed through the Spirit and are part of God’s harvest.
Thank you Dave!
Wonderful post, Chris! I like the structure and pacing of it, and of course the subject matter is the best possible reading material. 🙂
🙂
This is a wonderful post, Chris. And a different style for you. It reads almost like a lovely poem. Beautifully done!
poem, oh goodness! Thanks Carol !!
Lovely thoughts on this ‘harvest of love’
Thanks Tracy I appreciate it!!
Nice!
Yes, I agree that this reads like poetry. Lovely thoughts. Thanks for sharing!
This is the best kind of love story and a beautiful post, Chris! Had to read it twice! It was too good to read just once. 🙂
Thank you for your kind words Cindee!!
Beautiful Chris! Isn’t our Father awesome? Even when we’ve hit a wall and feel that there is no way around He opens a door and says “come through my child.’