Garden State

I pulled over to the side of a farm road the other day just to take this picture.  There are lots of things growing this time of year here in South Jersey.  The grasses are being cut to make hay, the corn is in and little stalks of green fill the fields, and I've seen at least one massive field of bush tomatoes, the kind that all ripen at once.  Soon many of the farms around us will be planting soybean which they will harvest in the early fall.  This is the Garden State, you know.

There are many folks that come to NJ (often via the military) who think the entire state is going to be a gigantic concrete jungle divided only by the Jersey Turnpike.  What they find in this part of the state is surprisingly pleasant.  There are many folks who also look at different parts of the US (often big cities) or other countries, and speculate that there is nothing spiritually able to grow there.  Don 't ever forget that God the Father is the husbandman, and can pour out His Spirit where ever He wants.  Even the driest of lands can bring forth much fruit.  Our responsibility is planting and watering, God will give the increase.

Chuck (198)