Seventh Day Baptist
Christian Education Council
PO BOX 1678
Janesville, WI 53547
—Leviticus 23:9-14, 22
by: Grace Crouch.
I like to garden. I am not the greatest gardener, but I enjoy trying. Maybe that is why I get so excited when I see the first fruit growing on my plants. I just know that God’s hand was in that success because my skill lent very little to the process. I can hardly wait to pick it and show it off like it is a blue-ribbon winner. When I read about the first fruits offering being waved before the Lord, I find myself relating. I imagine them saying, “Look, Daddy! Look what grew! Thank you!” It is with grateful, overflowing hearts that we give first to God.