Several days ago we cranked up the rototiller to get a couple of gardens ready for spring planting. I also tilled a spot which was gauged by snow removal equipment this past winter. Because I didn't want to tear up too much grass, I dug a few edges on the rim with a garden fork.

As I dug, I thought about reseeding grass and tilling the ground versus scattering seed just as it was. I knew it wouldn't grow nearly as well without digging up the ground.

My next thought was, "What about our lives?"

We don't like it when 'things' happen to us that we don't like very well. But maybe God can use these "rototilled' times as opportunities for 'His seeds' to take root, grow, and produce 'fruit' for us and for others in our lives.

Luke chapter 8 from verses 5 - 15, Jesus tells about different types of soils and sowing seeds.

A portion of the commentary on several of these verses states, "The fact that some of the seed produced no crop was not the fault of the faithful farmer or of the seed---the results depended on the condition of the soil on which the seed fell. It is our responsibility to spread the seed (God's message)......"

Dear Father in Heaven, thank You that You can use both the 'good' times and 'bad times' to produce good fruit. If times come we don't care much about, help us to remember that it may be we are just being 'rototilled' to produce more fruit. Thank You that You can use everything which happens to us for our good and Your glory." In Jesus' Name. Amen.