Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching tem everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20

















 
 

Blackberries

( 1 Ch 28:9, Ps 119:10 )

 

Last Sunday we went out on an expedition

 

To find blackberries

 

We found more than could conceivably exist in one location

 

Up a bank, through the prickly stuff

 

Via the tall stinging nettles

 

And interspersed with spider webs with spiders.

 

I had a thought as I scratched my hands yet again,

 

"Do I seek God like I pick blackberries"

 

Pushing through the resistance of my own inertia

 

The obstacles of busyness or misplaced priority

 

To get the reward?

 

One thing that we have to be certain of is this:

 

If we seek Him, we will find Him.

 

The psalmist thought so, and the builder of the temple was instructed as if it was a priority.

 

We are worshippers and builders too.

 

Our whole life should be worship as we build a testimony to His grace.

 

So, maybe when it comes to seeking God

 

And we don't feel like it, we need to know that there is a reward.

 

The jars of bramble jelly in our kitchen is proof of a natural reward

 

Let's press in to the reward that lasts.

 

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