"Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?" (Matthew 6:28-30)
Lately we have been dealing with a weevil problem at our house. We have had to throw out considerable amounts of food, and it was discouraging to see so much food that Austin and I had saved be wasted. But the Lord is always aware of each of our struggles. This afternoon I went outside in the backyard with Claire to enjoy the beautiful day. The basil plant in our garden has been OUT OF CONTROL for over a month now, and so I decided to let Claire play around while I cleared it. I found a few HUGE carrots (the big one I'm holding above in particular) after I cleared out a lot of the basil. Then I started digging around the green beans that I thought had died out this summer, but had started growing back once the weather had toned down from scorching to bearably hot. :)
Can you believe how many beans Austin and I picked? At this point Austin had come home, and was snuggling Claire while the two of us talked. I pulled up a bit of the greenery of the green beans, and I exclaimed, "Look at that!"Austin and I went through, and found a TON of green beans ready to be picked. It was certainly a tender mercy of Heavenly Father. His way of saying to me, "no matter what, if you are trying to do what is right, I will always provide." Within a few minutes, we picked a whole entire bowl full of produce!
What an amazing blessing! I'm so thankful for tender mercies of the Lord. I know that when I do what He asks, and try my best, He will ALWAYS provide for me and my family. Hence the scripture I started out with. What a wonderful Father in Heaven. This garden (which we were sure hadn't turned out to be much), turned out to be a symbol of hope and mercy and love.
