Today I needed this!

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isaiah 41:10

Fertilizer

Several years ago I was reading my scriptures...trying to get past the part that talks about the trees... planting... grafting... plucking them up... wild fruit...etc.

I was half tuned in to what I was reading, and was really feeling sorry for myself...

I'll spare you the details, but let's just say I was going through a lot of personal turmoil. I was in a challenging marriage, and my children were struggling. My parents and siblings were all in the west, and I felt very much alone and isolated on the east coast... and I was looking for some kind of relief through my scripture study.

The end of the parable was quickly approaching, and the Lord of the vineyard started "DUNGING" His beloved trees.

Suddenly I was alert.

Dung?

Did that really mean what I thought it meant? I must confess I laughed...then went and looked up dung in the dictionary. I had to be sure...I was right! I felt tons of manure heaped on me...

I was being dunged!

I felt so loved, and thanked Heavenly Father for the fertilization.