From the Abundance

I don't about anybody else, so I'll speak for myself, but I am a HUGE fan of cartoons. And as odd as it may seem, I loved the "boy" cartoons as much as the girlie ones... That really doesn't have much to do with what's on my mind other than the Transformers tag line... More than meets the eye! I was thinking about this in reference to Samson (His story can be found in Judges ch 13-16).  You're probably wondering why I thought of Samson and Transformers in the same setting.  Well... let me tell you. Most people tend to believe that Samson was a big muscular man but the scriptures say people question where his strength came from.  That lets me know that maybe he didn't appear to be big and strong, maybe he looked like a regular guy... Looking at Sampson the people had no idea where his strength came from, they knew he was strong because of demonstration.  Not many knew the true source of his power.  Such are most of us... looking at you ...peo...

As my pastor has been teaching on the wheat and the tare and seeds being planted, several thought provoking conversations have been born. I was talking to someone today who was offended by someone else and immediately recognized that it was the enemy trying to plant a seed... We can't be ignorant of his devices... To that end, I thought about what seeds are and what they do... Seeds are tiny protective pods that hold the genetic makeup of something and a food supply for the thing to grow. When a seed is planted it uses its own food supply to grow to a point where it can develop roots. Once the roots form it then begins to draw in nutrients from its environment, grow and reproduce on its own Take for instance a mustard seed... Probably the smallest seed we know, but after it's planted and grown for a while... you'd never know that the shrub came from a tiny spot of a seed.   I said all that to say this... what things are being planted in your life and who are you allo...