Verne's Oasis

Once again it is a lovely day. The sun is out in all its glory and there is a gentle wind blowing. It is a good morning to be outdoors so I'm about to join my husband outside. He is rarely here during the days so it is good that he decided to work in his nursery today. I'm going to help him fill some bags with soil.

Mikey ( short for Michael) is great with plants. He engrafts many different types of plants and sells them. By the way, did you know that one rose plant can produce a number of different coloured blooms (red , yellow, pink , etc). Well! that's what happens when he engrafts the plants. You can even have a mango tree producing several types of mangoes.

That's actually what happens when we are engrafted into the divine vine. God's people are like a profusion of buds of different hues. For the engrafted branch to grow and flourish it must stay connected to the plant to which it was engrafted. In the same way we must abide in Christ if we are to grow and flourish spiritually. Our God is a God of variety. That's why He made us all different. In spite of our differences, however, we become one plant as soon as we are attached to Christ- the Divine Vine. At first we are weak and fragile but as we are nourished by the vine we are strengthened and no longer easily broken by the storms of life.

Have to go now. Might be back later. Love you all.