The Word of God works much like Miracle-Gro. Reading the Word gives you the nutrients you need to grow. It promotes steady, strong growth, enabling you to bear much fruit. That’s God’s plan for your life.

If you refuse the Miracle-Gro, manure becomes your fertilizer of choice. Through the pain, suffering, and hardships of life you will learn lessons the hard way. God weeps when this happens. His plan is the Miracle-Gro method because He doesn’t want you to suffer.

Growth isn’t optional. People were created to grow, and grow they will – the easy way or the hard way. Sometimes we don’t have a choice which fertilizer is used but most of the time we do.

Manure stinks, it’s messy, and dirty. It does work though. I’ve had plenty of manure in my formative years. Wisdom taught me many things, one of which was the power of choice – the choice of Miracle-Gro.

What fertilizer will you use? Choose wisely.