Firstfruits
I had the opportunity to jog this morning with a Korean woman who lives in my neighborhood. She follows Jesus and I like her for many reasons, but just one is that when we sing praise songs together at my house, she always wants to sing these old hymns that I have never heard before in my life. She gets them from hymnal.net and the website provides the piano and words for us while we sing.
Her dad is visiting from Korea and was showing me his amazing vegetable garden in their yard. This man is so zealous. I was very excited with him because my mom and I are planting vegetables in our yard. We asked the Lord to grow his tomatoes that were growing at a very disheartening rate. But what amazed me literally is that he went and grabbed his best first cucumber of the season and his best 14 chinese green beans of the season and dumped them in my arms. He didn’t even hesitate one second. He just handed them over joyfully, not worried about the cost. It reminded me of Mary of Bethany how she poured the oil on Jesus extravagantly. Lord, I do not just want to be obedient. That cannot be the extent, I want to be extravagant in my love for you. I want to pass to you the firstfruits you so graciously provide me with as this man did.
The Lord has been teaching me alot about stuardship lately and that is why this story is so appropriate.
It isn’t my money or even my time. Or even when I feel tired of extending a listening ear…it is not about me at all. Good-night. I am SO glad it is not about me! Thank you, Father.
This is the cake I made for the children in my Sunday school class. Whomever the precious man I marry will be will probably not be doing it for the cooking skills.
