Sweet Offerings

The Lord showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the Lord. One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten. Jeremiah 24:1-2

Dear friends,
God showed Jeremiah a vision of 2 baskets of figs that represented the exiles from Judah and King Zedekiah, his officials, and survivors from Jerusalem. The former were the good figs; the latter were the bad figs. So, what can we learn from this lesson? Do you want to be the good figs or the bad figs? I think all of us would say the good figs, of course! How can we be the good figs? By the fruit of our lives. Romans 12:1 tells us, "Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in the view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God- this is your true and proper worship." So, we are to be a living sacrifice. The things we do, the things we say should bear fruit that is pleasing to God. And in that, we are worshiping Him. All we do should be for His glory. Worshiping God isn't just for church, it's not just singing worship songs. We can worship Him by our very words and actions. How cool is that? Be sweet for Him!

Page details: I used the following Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps sets: Fruits of the Spirit and Bitty Minnie Alpha. To get the lighter fruit images, I inked up the stamps and then stamped them on a piece of paper before stamping them on the Bible page without reinking. I didn't want the fruit images to over power the words. I used watercolor crayons for the color.

Be sweet my friends! And may you have a Happy New Year, and God's blessings. Andrea