Fruit

Food for thought. 

"Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.” Ezekiel 47:12

Which then reminded me of Psalm 1:1-3
"Blessed is the one .... who meditates on his law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither— whatever they do prospers."

The thing that stood out to me at first was the source of the tree's sustenance. The first verse says that the tree will bear fruit, because it is watered from the sanctuary. What is that saying to you? The second verse says that when we meditate on the Word, we will be like a tree planted by streams of water. I see the Word as the streams of water that feed the tree so that it can produce fruit. Another question that came to my mind is what fruit am I bearing? My heart's desire is to produce this fruit~~love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. I don't always do that. Sometimes the fruit I produce is anger, discord, unfaithfulness, no control. When that is happening I need to look at how I am feeding my tree. I can't have it being fed by a stream filled with toxic waste and expect to produce good fruit. Are we producing healing in the lives of those around us?

There is a children's song that says "be careful little eyes what you see, be careful little ears what you hear." As adults we should take these words to heart as well. We become what we feed ourselves, and we reproduce who we are. 

Blessings~~Robin