We have raspberry bushes planted up alongside our driveway in a ten inch wide strip of space…
It just so happens that raspberries like sandy soil and some good sun and this little piece of nothing fits the bill….
Every time we pull the truck or the car in or back it out we pass by the bush at eye level. If there are ripe berries we simply reach out the window and grab a little snack.
…low-brow natural drive through…
I’m always looking for fruit on our branches. God is always looking too
From what I’ve gleaned from my Bible over all these many years and from what I’ve seen lived out, the fruits of the Spirit grow in the most humanly unlikely places… just like my raspberries.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”
. Galatians 5:22-23
This kind of fruit only grows on humble branches.
“So let us not grow tired of doing what is right,
for in due time we will reap,
if we do not give up.”
. Galatians 6:9
My raspberry bushes don’t try and do anything but be a raspberry bush and while they are doing that the fruit naturally pops out.
These berries are really sweet, and I think perhaps it’s because they are out of the main stage, tucked into a little nothing piece of dirt, next to a driveway in between two houses.
So YOU want to be fruity? Me too.
Let’s just do whatever Jesus-bushes are supposed to do…
“Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me—put it into practice.And the God of peace will be with you.”
Philippians 6:9