An author friend of mine, Anita Klumper, *took this photo.
I saw a godly message in it. If we stay within the boundaries God sets, we can grow high and bloom.
Decades ago, another author, a minister’s wife, wrote a little devotional book called Bloom Where You Are Planted. Hard to do. Our human nature wants us to sprawl, to go beyond the fence. But if we do, we will not grow correctly, will we? Like a tomato vine that needs training, we humans need boundaries. Today, free spirits of society whisper to be self-orientated, follow your own path, dare to be different.
But, as Solomon wrote in Ecclesiastes, this is nothing new under the sun. How much better to be under the boundaries of the Son! Our loving God wants us to grow correctly and safely, so His Word provides a fence for us. What is His fence?
Love the Lord your God and keep his requirements, his decrees, his laws and his commands always. Deuteronomy 11:1.
Or as our Lord stated, Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. 39 And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22:37-39
So, unlike the old cowboy song sung by Roy Rogers, Don’t Fence Me In, I pray the opposite. How about you?
* check out Anita's faith-based fiction on Amazon.com
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