January 2021

A WORD FROM OUR PASTOR

I shared this story not long ago and would like to use the illustration again today. When we moved into our house, we had a tree in the backyard and another in the front yard, that we could not identify. Then suddenly one year, they started to bud, and then they grew fruit. One tree turned out to be an apple tree and the other, a plumb tree. It was both surprising and kind of cool to eat fruit from trees that grew on our property.

In the Gospel of Mark 4:26-29, Jesus said:

He also said, “This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. All by itself the soil produces grain—first the stalk, then the head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon as the grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because the harvest has come.” Mark 4:26-29 NIV

There are moments in our lives where good things grow up that we are unaware of. Some of these things are planted by God, some are things we have sown. There remains a secret hidden power in all of it though.

God has commanded the harvest to produce within its creative laws, which are controlled by God the creator. Let 2021 be the year in which we watch our crops grow and blossom into the blessings and the provisions of almighty God. Let us watch with anticipation and excitement to see what God is going to do through us and in us this year!

We are looking forward to a great year as we continue to walk with God our saviour and provider.

Lots of love;

Pastor and First Lady Hanscom