Currently I am a renter and it has worked
for me because someone else will do the big maintenance and I have moved around
quite a bit. But lately I have thought that having my own land would be great,
because I am really getting into doing those home improvements that become a big
investment and planting flowers and a garden.
You can spend a lot of
money on that and even in these times, it seems more practical because I will
probably not be moving around as much as I was before when I was younger and
ready to see the world I wanted to see. Now I can do a lot of that via the
internet!
If you put a plant into the ground, you often want it to be there
years later. I guess I really learned this when I was renting and the landlord
wanted their property back to live there again and so I was forced to move.
While I totally understood their situation, I understood mine too!
So I
have been praying about this and when you live on a side job and donations (so I
can have the free time to seek the Lord), it's hard to really invest in
something. I do good to get by some months. The Bible says that the parents
lay up for their children and many rich families do give portions of land to
their children for a home, but mine never did that. They sold their home so
they would not have to do the maintenance - urban living - and they didn't
really understand that concept Biblically, so I don't think they failed - they
just were ignorant on some things and didn't know the Bible on that. They felt
I could make my own way, which I pretty much did. God will have you to give up
a lot of things so that you can have the true riches in Him and when I found
Him, the way life worked dramatically changed for me.
All that is just a
personal reference as to how the Lord led me in this. I was praying and asking
Him for my land where I could do what I wanted to do and set it up the way I
would like for all my critters and crops (there are restrictions here) and I'd
love to have well (or spring) water and I have a nice little list. God likes to
hear these things and the house I am in now is an obvious answer to prayers like
this in many ways.
I came from a small family and I don't have close
family anymore, so no relative I know about is going to leave me anything or
help out. But as I am studying and praying on these things, and then also
praying for America, I felt the Lord speak to ask for the land. Suddenly
instead of just praying for my own desires on this, because I very much want to
be Spirit led on it all, the Lord is suddenly speaking to me about desiring land
for the believers here in America. Because when you own the land, you have a
lot of say with what goes on, on the land.
Now normally, all this would
just be private but the Lord impressed me that it was important to have land in
taking the lands for the Kingdom of God. The Jews painfully know what it is
like to be homeless with their many enemies too. As we can see, our faith
rivals have already seen this and have made inroads into this nation in big
ways. There are two Golden Rules, one is "Do unto others as you would have them
do unto you," and the second one is, "He who has the gold makes the
rules!"
I grew up like many, somewhat idealistically, wanting to believe
the best in everyone, believing that you don't question what seems like good
intentions, only to find out that can steer you real wrong after a while. Jesus
said to discern the fruit of the matter, and that can apply to many things!
Even our forefathers knew to have a system of checks and balances, because the
greed of man would work to prevail against that.
Our nation has lasted
200 years; will its greatness continue, or is it fading away? A nation that
does not care for its people will be led by those who are selfish. Add the
obvious hard times following to that and you will have chaos and incivility.
It's inevitable. It's not recovered in a day. You have to raise up the
children with the values that you want to see. How much do you trust this
current generation? How many good values are not being taught to them while
they revel in their ever increasing tech world that bypasses the human touch
more and more? Today, it's too much trouble to read a Bible chapter in
church.
There is something about being in the country or on the land or
by the water that just sychronizes your soul with nature. There is a refreshing
that comes that just seems to stabilize your senses and that gives you a sense
of place on the planet. Land is important!
So as I am praying, I realize
I am not the only one whose parents didn't lay up for them that way (but they
did many other good things), but knowing, too, that God knows how to make things
work in His Family because the natural family of the world
does.
Sometimes people are being rebuked in the Bible for hogging up all
the land, but today the exhortation is to acquire the land and rule it for the
Kingdom of God. Since I am not aware of any I will inherit, I am going to God
for Him to arrange whatever He would desire to make the ways and means for me to
acquire mine. He was really making it known to me that because I am His child,
there WAS land that is MINE! It was an awesome thought. I just had never
worried about it before.
As a nation we have to value our land, because
him who has the gold does make the rules! I have really enjoyed some of the
places where I have lived. The Lord has many times blessed me with a really
good spot where there was great nature and I learned a lot because of that.
Before, all this city girl knew about green beans was that you go to the store
and buy a can of them, but now I know how to plant them and cook them, season
them and can them! I have a much greater appreciation for all the things that
farmers go through and even how God provides for man. And we all know that
synthetic food is a big fail!
The Bible was written to an agricultural
society who really understood those terms and living in the country has opened
my eyes a lot more to things. One day I want to write an article on what I have
learned in the garden, because I find God really does speak there in special
ways. There is a Spiritual heritage and there is work to keep you on your toes,
because there are forces that challenge you and that you have to work with in
many dimensions. From the bugs and the weeds, to the how the weather works with
it and the seeds, and all the processes in between, there is a lot to
learn!
The connection to the land and our Bible is IMPORTANT!!! Not only
do we till the land, but we also share the land, with other people and other
creatures. But what I want to really share with you is that I believe that God
has land FOR His people! We just have to find our spot and place and settle in
with our faith. We have to use the wisdom that comes from being led by God.
(That used to be a given, but not so much anymore!) America needs her land and
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My garden this year, the best one to date, but
there is still a lot to
learn!
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