THE MASTER GARDENER

Today was just like a summer day.You could sit outside comfortably in short sleeves and enjoy the sunshine.But as I walked around the garden,I was in no doubt that it was autumn.There were leaves all over the grass and the shrubs needed pruning back.So we started to tidy things up in preparation for winter.I was amazed at how quickly shrubs grow and if we left them to springtime, then they'd be really out of hand.This reminds me tonight of our lives when we fail to stay close to God.Our standards slip and suddenly we find ourselves allowing our minds to be controlled by the wrong things.What a blessing to know that the Master Gardener is waiting to prune us back into a right relationship with Him,so that we can spring forth and in due course bear much fruit for Him.