After months of dreaming about it and thinking about it. Months of writing and re-writing. Months of editing and proofing and then doing it again. Months of study and of prayer. After all that, my little book is now a reality!
In case you might be a bit curious as to what this is all about, here's an excerpt:
This book had its beginnings in a daily time of Bible
reading. As I was reading through John
15, this verse tugged at my heart strings:
“You
did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you would go and bear
fruit, and that your fruit would remain.” (John 15:16 NASB)
Go and bear fruit.
Bear fruit that remains.
Those commands of Jesus prompted me to dig a little
deeper, to begin asking some questions.
Questions you may be asking as well.
What
does it mean to bear fruit?
What
kind of fruit?
How
do I bear fruit?
How
do I bear fruit that remains?
As I was pondering these, and other, questions, I
began to think in terms of a garden. A
Mother Goose poem came to mind: Mary, Mary, quite contrary, how does your
garden grow?
And so began this little book. The title is a play on words based on that
Mother Goose line.
As we dig deeper into the Scriptures, seeking answers
to our questions about fruit, about bearing fruit, about
fruit that remains, we will be approaching these questions from two perspectives.
How
does your garden grow? This question
focuses us on the process.
How does your garden grow? This focuses us on condition. Just how well
are we obeying the command to bear fruit?
This book is the result of my personal quest to answer
the question how does your garden grow?
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