Eat an Apple, Plant a Tree

On my way to work each morning, I eat an apple for breakfast. This is a new health kick that I've been on for a few months. I always take the same country road to work and throw the apple core out the window of my jeep when I'm finished. This morning it occurred to me that I have been throwing apple seeds in the same spot all winter long! In my mind I pictured a bunch of little apple trees coming up in one little spot and then getting cut down all at once by the road crew this summer. Being a scientist with a love for experiments, I started thinking, "what if I throw the cores out at different places along the road each morning? Would the seeds have a better chance to grow into trees if they are more spread out?".

I thought it would be fun to test these questions, so I said a little prayer and tossed the core out at a different spot this morning. It was then that God spoke to me in my heart. He assured me that his grace is limitless and he will give me all I need if I would only ask him for it. In other words, he never runs out of apples and will give us all we ask with one stipulation: We spread it around and plant seeds that will glorify him. I think he was trying to show me that I need to be about planting seeds for him everywhere I go and in whatever circles I fall into. I need to reflect and acknowledge him in everything I do at work, at the store, at the mall, and anywhere else I may roam. Our calling as Christians is pretty simple; plant seeds wherever we go by being an example of Christ for others to see. This is what an unbelieving world needs to see. So my charge to you today is have a spiritual apple and plant the seeds that will bear fruit in the future.