Straight Outta Compost!

Straight Outta Compost! 

The kids and I were watching a Reading Rainbow episode today and it was all about composting and gardening. As we were watching the video and the process of composting I began thinking about our lives. Sometimes life is a lot like a scrap of leftover garbage that really has no more use. However, the right mix of "what's leftover" in time creates this beautiful compost. This compost is rich in nutrients! It can then be used in gardens, landscaping, horticulture and agriculture. 

The compost itself is beneficial for the land in many ways, including as a soil conditioner, a fertilizer, as a natural pesticide for soil and more. There is a process to making the compost and it has to contain the right mixture of ingredients and it has to be turned and not left stagnant. There are various phases to composting and the process does not happen overnight.

 

I thought okay well...umm...hmmm... Well I think what God is trying to say is that He can take those things which we would normally discard and turn them into something nutrient filled! In life there are times we think that we are to old, or to poor, or to broken to be used by God. That is a straight up lie from the enemy. There is so much that we can do and so much we each have to offer. We find ourselves at different phases in life and sometimes the process in which we have to undergo doesn't happen overnight. Just remember if we keep on "moving" and we keep our eyes focused on the end results the process is WORTH IT!

I got thinking about the story of Joseph in the Bible. His brothers had basically "discarded" him thinking that he was of no use to their family. Over time Joseph went thru different phases in his life that ultimately led to him being in that place, in that nutrient place, where he would be able to save his family from famine. Had he not been discarded, had he not persevered thru the phases of life God brought him too, he would never have been in the place of honor that God put him in. There was a spot in Genesis Chapter 50 where Joseph's brothers threw themselves at Joseph all like "we will be your slaves ahhh forgive us" LOL. Joseph's reply was so powerful! He says to them "Don't be afraid! Am I not in the place of God? You intended to harm me, but God intended it for my good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives." I bet this was a total Mic Drop moment! 

Take some time today and just re-group and chat with the Father. Find out where you are in the process and just ask God for not only direction, but grace to see it finished to the end. We all have things we need to go thru to get to that place that God has for us. Keep pressing in! God tells us in Isaiah 43:19 "Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." That's one of His promises to us! That He will make a way and create that which we need in the process! 

Revelation 21:5 "And he who was seated on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." Also he said, "Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true."

With Love 

Jessica