Part 2 - Fertilizer for the Soul - Lessons from an Arkansas Cow Pasture!
Did you know that trials are actually fertilizer for our soul and character if we submit to God in the midst of them? Yep! God allows them for a reason and they will be used to grow us for His glory if we allow His way in our life! John 15:2 tells, “Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit He prunes, that it may bear more fruit.” That pruning hurts sometimes! Trials aren’t fun! They stink, just like that stinky cow manure we put on our garden. But God has a purpose for each stinky trial. It’s fertilizer for our soul. So, take heart. If you’re in the midst of the trials, it’s because God sees gold worth refining in YOU! In the end we will all be glad for the way He has led us! Job 23:10 reminds us, “But He knows the way that I take; when He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.”