To Believe is Much Harder Than to Do

Sunday Psalm 2.25.24

Father God
Lord Jesus
Holy Spirit

We present ourselves before You again this Sunday.
We come today to let You dig a little deeper
Into the soil of our hearts.
We welcome your cultivation.

We need You to pull our weeds.
We need You to plant your seeds.

That process requires a depth of
Plowing to loosen the soil
To receive your good seed of truth.
That may be painful,
But you do not plow without planting.

Belief in You is meant to grow trees 
And flowers in the soil of our hearts.
A veritable garden of faith, hope, and love.

There’s nothing easy about getting genuine
Truth deeply rooted into our hearts.
True belief in your goodness and grace
Is much harder than doing good works.

Righteous works are meant to be the fruit
Picked from the internal garden.
We don’t want to take for granted
The faith, hope, and love you’ve already grown.
And we ask for more.

We will never give up asking.
There’s always more soil to break up,
Weeds to pull, and seeds to plant.
And the best is yet to be, face to face,
when belief is eternally rooted 
And every garden is full of fruit.
Amen.

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