Plant a Tree

This summer we had the best cherry crop from our cherry tree that we have ever had. Our early apple trees(Transparent) were loaded with apples and our peach crop is excellent. It looks like we will have a good fall apple crop and our pear tree has lots of pears on it. Its a satisfying feeling when trees you planted and cared for bear much fruit.

I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: (Eccl. 2:5)

A very old man was in his yard one spring day planting a tree. His neighbor looked across the fence and asked what he was doing. "I'm planting an apple tree," replied the old man. "Old man," the neighbor laughed, "you will never live long enough to eat the fruit of that tree." "I know," said the old man, " but my children will!"
Are we planting "trees" that will benefit and bless the generations that will follow us? Fruit trees nourish, shade trees provide comfort, windbreaks protect, and hedges set boundaries. The decisions we make today and the habits we form today will affect those who come after us. We have lots of things that we can pass on; the unadulterated Bible, the Gospel message, Judeo-Christian morals and ethics, the freedoms we enjoy in America, the economic opportunities we have, our work ethic, and our spiritual heritage and traditions. We plant these trees in the choices we make, starting when we are young. Our choice to accept and submit to the Gospel, our choice of a church and fellowship, our choice of a spouse, our choice of a job or career, how we spend our leisure time, how we entertain ourselves, our choice to be apethetic or to engage the culture, how we excercize our rights to influence political decisions, our character and public reputation, and the list goes on. All these things influence the next generations.
Plant trees, but make sure the seedstock has proven to bear good fruit.

Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples (John 15:8)

Where there is no heritage . . . each generation starts over.