Place God First in Budgeting and Spending - Day 10

Day 10

"Honor the Lord with your substance and with the first fruits of all your produce."  Proverbs 3:9

In my yard there is a small fruit tree that has me excited!  Making a quick count, I found well over two hundred well forming fruit, and even more little ones that look like a great future harvest.  Every time I look at that tree I'm reminded that it was given to us as just a little cut-off by a generous friend.  We planted it and watched it grow.  Now the first thing that comes to mind is picking 24 of the first fruit to ripen to give back to that friend as a "thank you', and share my excitement and appreciation!  p.s. Does anyone want a "slip" of a Calamundin tree?

It doesn't task my mind very much to see the parallel of a very generous God giving me "gifts" that I could plant in my life.  Now as I look at my life and see the abundance, is "excitement" as adequate word to express my reaction?  What genuine excitement comes with thanking God and seeing the "first fruits" and abundant life-giving "cuttings" grow in the lives of others.  Come to think of it.  That is how God's "gifts" came to me. 

Dear Lord, since I don't have your address, how would it be if I share my "harvest excitement" with others?  Your wonderful "fruits" will grow in their lives and we will all say "Thank You", "Thank You", "Thank You"!  Dear Lord

Author:  Johan Bergh