![]() All soil has weeds we can’t get away from them. Summer brings the inevitable weeds to our gardens. Long, refreshing gulps of his never-ending, replenishing living water satisfy and give us life! Spiritual Meaning of Weeds He knows the thirst in your soul and wants us to accept this gift He gives with gladness. Our spiritual summer season also needs daily visits to the well of living water. The heat, sun and humidity can dry out our gardens quickly. Our summer garden needs to be deeply watered. It’s a time to strengthen your branch! Jesus, Our Living Water It is a time of following through and living out His directions for our own personal lives. Our spiritual summer season means connecting and listening to Him through prayer and study of His Word. Likewise, if we are to produce a “bumper crop” of fruit for Christ, we need to be a branch firmly connected to the Vine. They need adequate sun, water, and fertilizer. In order to have a “bumper” crop, we need to care for our plants. ![]() We plant in the spring to bring forth flowers, fruits, and vegetables that ripen in the summer. We need a Master Gardener in our Spiritual Summer! Jesus as the Vine If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit apart from me, you can do nothing.” John 15:5 NIV. I find an abundance of symbolism in God’s wisdom and direction in my summer garden chores. Gardening is part of what makes summer so special to me. God can use these “summer storms” to strengthen us and build up our trust in Him. It can also be a time of intense heat and storms that come to us as challenges and difficulties. Being out in nature is the perfect steppingstone to spontaneous praise and worship. The extra leisure time that summer can bring means more time for Bible study, devotions, reflection, and quiet time. This is a season to build up your spiritual foundation by maturing your faith. Spiritual summer is a time of spiritual growth and production. We can enjoy the outdoors more comfortably without bundling up or hibernating. It is a time of warmth, extended light, slowing down, taking a break from our usual schedules, and refreshment in our everyday lives. Flowers and fruits bring fragrance, beauty, and delicious sweetness (oh, those summer melons and tomatoes!) Nature’s summer is a season of growth and production in the plant life cycle. The change of seasons affects every part of the planet some more than others. They affect weather, growth, mood, and physical comfort. He knew what He was doing when He made seasons. Every time the seasons change it reminds us of His promise to never again destroy the earth until judgement day. God spoke of the continuation of the 4 seasons in the Bible when He made this promise after the flood. “As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.” Genesis 8:22 NIV.
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