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Good trees bear good fruit

Muriel Larson

I have two peach trees in my backyard. One I bought from a nursery; the other sprang up from a pit. The first tree produces brightly coloured, luscious fruit; the second tree bears inferior, small, white fruit. What a disappointment the latter has been!

I’ve had the same problem with my vegetable garden. The first one, that I dug toward the back of my yard, brought forth wonderful produce. I laid a truckload of manure on it, and I’m sure that helped! Then I dug another garden near a place where an old apple tree had died. As I dug, I noticed the soil wasn’t as rich as out back. Although I also fed that garden some manure, it never did as well as the back one had done.

Many professing Christians seem to be like my inferior peach tree and garden. They have received Christ as their Saviour, but it’s not evident in the way they mostly devote their lives to earthly pursuits. Although they might be likable people, they bear no or little fruit for Jesus Christ and eternity.

Muriel Larson lives in Greenville, S.C.

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