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Personal Mission Statement: "I am created by God to bring Him glory. Through God's Son Jesus Christ I have been redeemed and I make it my life's goal to please the Lord. My mission in life is to honor God through my faith and obedience and to prepare myself and all whom I may influence for eternity."
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Thursday, August
29, 2013
Cramers' Posie Patch
Kraybill Church Road, Mount Joy, PA
"The Blessing Of Good Soil"
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"And God said, 'Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.' And it was so. God called the dry ground 'land,' and the gathered waters He called 'seas.' And God saw that it was good" (Genesis 1:9,10). "And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty” (Matthew 13:23).
Yesterday we took a tour of the "Cramer Posie Patch", a 90 acre commercial flower grower right around the bend from our house. This is the same farm where our Amish friends, Jesse and Anna Ruth used to live, before they moved back to their home farm seven years ago.
The operation sells fresh cut and dried flowers to wholesalers. Their flowers are sold all along the east coast from Washington to Boston; the kind of flowers you see at florists or sold on the streets of major cities. They grow a wide variety including celosias, dahlias, hydrangeas, tansies, lizianthus, lavendar and much, much more.
Lancaster has some of the best soil in the world. An area east of Ephrata is especially famed and has the reputation of being the "Garden Spot". Soil varies in quality but almost any soil will provide a growing medium of some type assuming other conditions such as climate and elevation are suitable for growing.
Today let us consider the blessing of soil which is one of those things we give little to no attention to! The first daily text is a record of Creation events on the Third Day. On this day the dry ground (soil) appeared followed by vegetation. Wherever you live, unless we have readers in the polar regions or extremely high elevations, you can see evidence of this divine work, even in concrete covered cities.
We both like working with soil. I do the yard work and Brooksyne works with the flowers and vegetables. Our neighbor
is enlarging his kitchen and has a large pile of soil from digging
out for the foundation. It will be removed at a cost so the contractor
is pleased that I take as much as I can use. We have some low spots on
our property as well as some damage to the lawn from Mollie so I have
been loading our garden cart and transferring the soil for several days
now when I have an opportunity. It is such good soil some of it seems like
potting soil!
I wonder how often we thank God for soil? Much of what we eat is in one way or another related to this gift from God.
But on a spiritual note today Jesus contrasted four different types of soil conditions in one of His parables, "The Parable Of The Sower". Jesus taught that we are to be like the good soil that "yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty" (Matthew 13:8). Jesus explained this parable and the seed that fell on the good soil "is the man who hears the Word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty" (Matthew 13:23).
Good soil is a blessing in agriculture, home gardening, and in the heart that "hears the Word and understands it". May the Lord help us all to have hearts that are like the good soil!
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily prayer: Father, we
thank You for soil, one of Your great creations from the very beginning
that we simply take for granted. We want to be like the good soil
mentioned in the Parable of the Sower; the one that hears the Word,
absorbs its message and understands its meaning and as a result brings
forth an abundance of fruit; the kind that has lasting eternal value
such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
and self-control. Just like water, soil and air produce good
vegetation, so also the Bible, prayer, and worship produce godliness in
the believer. May we faithful in doing our part. In the name of Jesus
we pray. Amen.
More photos of the Cramers' Posie Patch
Several kinds of Celosia flowers (commonly referred to as Cockscomb)
Our house is only about 200 yards behind where we were standing when the photos was taken. These fields had been planted in corn for the first several years we lived here.
Many hydrangea flowers were massive in size.
Many colors of dahlias sitting in the refrigerated room prepared to be shipped.
The refrigerated area for fresh flowers is in the former dairy barn along with offices in the front.
Refrigerated sunflowers also preparing to be shipped.
Cockscomb being hung to dry in the tobacco barn basement.
Flowers drying in former tobacco barn.
Dried flower arrangements being boxed for shipping. We watched to workers preparing the flowers.
Dried Flower Wreath
(These were stunning)
The owner of the farm has an interesting hobby, restoring old cars.
This old Crosley is obviously awaiting transformation.
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"Break Thou the Bread of Life" Video Light and Life Hour Choir
"Speak O Lord" Video Kristyn Getty
"All Creatures Of Our God And King" Video Maranatha Hymns
Cramers' Posie Patch website is located here (google map)
Cramers' Posie Patch
Kraybill Church Road, Mount Joy, PA
"The Blessing Of Good Soil"
Listen to this message on
your audio player"And God said, 'Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.' And it was so. God called the dry ground 'land,' and the gathered waters He called 'seas.' And God saw that it was good" (Genesis 1:9,10). "And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty” (Matthew 13:23).
Thank you, God, for water, soil and air,
large gifts supporting everything that lives.
large gifts supporting everything that lives.
Yesterday we took a tour of the "Cramer Posie Patch", a 90 acre commercial flower grower right around the bend from our house. This is the same farm where our Amish friends, Jesse and Anna Ruth used to live, before they moved back to their home farm seven years ago.
The operation sells fresh cut and dried flowers to wholesalers. Their flowers are sold all along the east coast from Washington to Boston; the kind of flowers you see at florists or sold on the streets of major cities. They grow a wide variety including celosias, dahlias, hydrangeas, tansies, lizianthus, lavendar and much, much more.
Lancaster has some of the best soil in the world. An area east of Ephrata is especially famed and has the reputation of being the "Garden Spot". Soil varies in quality but almost any soil will provide a growing medium of some type assuming other conditions such as climate and elevation are suitable for growing.
Today let us consider the blessing of soil which is one of those things we give little to no attention to! The first daily text is a record of Creation events on the Third Day. On this day the dry ground (soil) appeared followed by vegetation. Wherever you live, unless we have readers in the polar regions or extremely high elevations, you can see evidence of this divine work, even in concrete covered cities.
I wonder how often we thank God for soil? Much of what we eat is in one way or another related to this gift from God.
But on a spiritual note today Jesus contrasted four different types of soil conditions in one of His parables, "The Parable Of The Sower". Jesus taught that we are to be like the good soil that "yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty" (Matthew 13:8). Jesus explained this parable and the seed that fell on the good soil "is the man who hears the Word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty" (Matthew 13:23).
Good soil is a blessing in agriculture, home gardening, and in the heart that "hears the Word and understands it". May the Lord help us all to have hearts that are like the good soil!
Be encouraged today,
Stephen & Brooksyne Weber
Daily prayer: Father, we
thank You for soil, one of Your great creations from the very beginning
that we simply take for granted. We want to be like the good soil
mentioned in the Parable of the Sower; the one that hears the Word,
absorbs its message and understands its meaning and as a result brings
forth an abundance of fruit; the kind that has lasting eternal value
such as love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
and self-control. Just like water, soil and air produce good
vegetation, so also the Bible, prayer, and worship produce godliness in
the believer. May we faithful in doing our part. In the name of Jesus
we pray. Amen.More photos of the Cramers' Posie Patch
Several kinds of Celosia flowers (commonly referred to as Cockscomb)
Our house is only about 200 yards behind where we were standing when the photos was taken. These fields had been planted in corn for the first several years we lived here.
Many hydrangea flowers were massive in size.
Many colors of dahlias sitting in the refrigerated room prepared to be shipped.
The refrigerated area for fresh flowers is in the former dairy barn along with offices in the front.
Refrigerated sunflowers also preparing to be shipped.
Cockscomb being hung to dry in the tobacco barn basement.
Flowers drying in former tobacco barn.
Dried flower arrangements being boxed for shipping. We watched to workers preparing the flowers.
Dried Flower Wreath
(These were stunning)
This old Crosley is obviously awaiting transformation.
Today's Suggested Music and Supplemental Resources
"Break Thou the Bread of Life" Video Light and Life Hour Choir
"Speak O Lord" Video Kristyn Getty
"All Creatures Of Our God And King" Video Maranatha Hymns
Cramers' Posie Patch website is located here (google map)
Send a message to Stephen & Brooksyne
To receive the "Daily Encouragement" each Monday-Friday through email see this page to subscribe to our email list. You can also subscribe to the Wordpress rss feed or through a Wordpress email subscription. (See the email subscription on the right side after opening this page.)
Are
our daily encouragement messages a blessing to you? We ask you to
consider making a donation to Daily Encouragement Net so that we can
continue to prepare and provide this daily resource which is
accessed by believers and seekers all over the world. Daily
Encouragement Net relies solely on the generosity and financial support
of its readers and podcast listeners. See here for more information on supporting this
ministry. Gifts are tax deductible.Permissions: Please feel free to pass on, reproduce and distribute any material on Daily Encouragement Net, in part or in whole, in any format, provided that you do not alter the wording in any way or charge a fee beyond the cost of reproduction. It is our desire to spread this material, not protect or restrict it. I do request that you keep the contact, copyright and subscription information intact.
Text only version for printing: To make a text only version for printing (without photos or any of the supplemental materials)
1) Open the basic text editor that comes with all computers (known as wordpad, textpad, etc.) You can also use a program like Word and select paste text only.
2) Select and copy the text from the portion of the message you want to print.
3) Paste into the text pad. (The photos won't show up but you will have a brief text description of the photo which you can delete or just ignore.)
4) Format if you desire (change font, increase or decrease size, etc.)
5) Print!
Scripture references are from The Holy Bible: New International Version. © 1984 by International Bible Society; NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. and the King James Version.
Personal Mission Statement: "I am created by God to bring Him glory. Through God's Son Jesus Christ I have been redeemed and I make it my life's goal to please the Lord. My mission in life is to honor God through my faith and obedience and to prepare myself and all whom I may influence for eternity."
© Copyright 2013 Stephen C. Weber - All Rights Reserved
Daily Encouragement Net - 495 Kraybill Church Road - Mount Joy, PA 17552 USA