Don’t Give Up and Don’t Give In

   Last Fall Tom looked at our Crabapple tree and said the tree looked like it was dying and that we might have to cut it down. It didn’t look healthy. Still we didn’t want to cut it down.

   He (Jesus) spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down (Luke 13:6-9). The man didn’t give up on the tree.

   It was a cold winter this year. The Crabapple survived the harsh winter and bloomed better than it had in years.  It is gorgeous with thousands of blooms all over the tree.  We are so glad that we didn’t cut it down.

   Sometimes people give up too quickly. Jenn Johnson sings a song, ‘You’re Going to be Okay.’  Some of the lyrics state ‘Don’t give up and don’t give in. This won’t last, it’s not the end. It’s not the end; you’re going to be okay.’

   What is the lesson of the Crabapple tree?  Don’t give up. It’s going to be okay

God Bless