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Fruits of the Spirit

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You can so easily miss the small signs of life and progress in the midst of life's busyness and our day-to-day routines.  To the casual observer not much has happened at Hebron this month, but on closer inspection you will notice that little apples and apricots are forming and trees are sending out new growth.  Isn't that so true of our walk following the ancient paths.  The excitement and busyness of the festivals are over and another cycle has begun, but the incremental appreciation and growth of the wisdom of torah in our lives continues and fruit slowly and silently forms.  There's no great fanfare to this development of fruit, but the delights of it will be experienced by our Father Yehovah, ourselves and those around us. 


This fruit is not the fruit of the 'church', of winning souls to great accolades and point scoring,  but rather it's the fruit of the Ruach HaKodesh, the Spirit of Yehovah who is at work in our lives and bears witness to His kingdom.

The bees are at work foraging in amongst the succulents.  Unfortunately the pigface's days are numbered as we no longer need it as a ground cover.


You can see the light green growth on the trees in the top photo and it's so nice to see everything developing well.  What a difference a few years makes.  The photo date below that lies and this photo was taken probably in January 2006 in the height of the drought and before we began tree planting.  This area is now our vege patch and the difference is remarkable. 

Shalom

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  1. UnknownNovember 1, 2012 at 1:49 PM

    Nice pics and good words - thankyou for sharing. Looking forward to getting back up there again soon. Hope the gates haven't fallen off yet ;-)

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    1. nettypikeNovember 1, 2012 at 2:02 PM

      Riley and Tyler gave them a good workout yesterday and they withstood well :) That little yard is such a blessing!

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