Tag: faith

I learned a big lesson recently about fruit flies. They can get in very small cracks. The screen on my patio door I had assumed would keep out all pests. Unfortunately, this was not the case. By the way I never keep fruit out on the counter. Next thing I knew I had fruit flies! Not a huge infestation but enough to be annoying and doing some damage to my hydroponic systems.

As I battled this, the Lord reminded me that even the tiniest cracks in our life can have consequences. Once we allow in a just this one time sin,( see the above picture, sin sometimes looks innocent) the enemy takes a foothold. We get complacent. Time with God in reading the word and in prayer becomes a lessor priority in our life. As time goes on, we get weaker in faith and we find ourselves tired, overwhelmed, depressed and chaotic. The picture below is a good illustration that fruit flies are not cute they are the enemy.

As far as my fruit fly problem, I took all the steps necessary to eliminate the problem. Boiling water down sinks, covering them up (analogy: cover yourself in prayer and the word). I did take down all my hydroponics, dried everything out while I was treating my drains.

The remedy? Pick up the Word, read it, make it a priority. I find if I tell myself no Bible, no breakfast, it helps. Pray without ceasing. This just means keep Him in our thoughts, asking Him for guidance for every step every moment of our day. This takes diligence and self control. Not easy! I know!! But keep at it and you will get back on track.

When I do restart my hydroponic garden, I will be diligent, to keep everything cleaner and check regularly for problems. As far as the screen door, I bought a new one with a finer mesh. The smaller the cracks the less likely they get in.

So, remember the lesson of the fruit fly!!!

Photos from freepik

Recently, I re-noticed a dark stain on my kitchen granite counter top. I had noticed it last year, but did not do anything about it. Putting it out of my sight and mind, I put my Aerogarden on top of it.

Fast forward to a couple weeks ago. In my always changing things around mode I moved the garden and well, there it was again, in my face. This time I decided to try and remove it.

Off to Home Depot I went to purchase what I hope will be a product to pull the unknown stain from the granite. Immediately I put a layer of the product on and waited the required 24 hours for it to dry. Scraping it off I hoped to see an improvement, but the directions say it will appear still dark until it is dry.

Needless to say I am on round two. It is lighter but still needs work. Patience is the key here. Honestly I am not a very patient person.

As I was scraping off round two the Lord spoke to my heart. Our hearts can have deeply imbedded stains. These stains can be ones we forget are there, as we just keep them pushed down, until they resurface and are in our face once again.

These are anger, bad habits, complacency, envy and unforgiveness to name just a few. Only God can remove these deeply imbedded stains. We first need to acknowledge they exist by asking the Holy Spirit to reveal them to us. And yes it is painful. But if we keep saturating ourselves with the word of God and allowing the Holy Spirit to work in us, slowly these can be pulled up and fade away. Will they come back? Sometimes, if we are not careful and stray away from our time with the Lord.

Hang in there! Keep working at it with Him!

I am still going to be working on this stain for a few more rounds. Each time I work on it I will remember God is also working on my stains, and with time I will be made new.

Blessing to all!