• Cain and Abel at the Altar
    2-Bible Story Posts, Act 1, Scene 1--the Overture

    Fruit Doesn’t Fall Far from the Tree

    Now that we have learned a little something about the principles of Sowing, Reaping, and the Nature of the Two Trees that were planted in the center of the Garden of Eden, it is time for us to take a look at the part these elements played in the story of Cain and Abel so recently acted out for us in Vignette #4.  Keeping in mind the fruit producing principles that we have learned since then—that for any seed sown… More would be reaped than was initially planted; The harvest for that seed, though delayed, would always come once the fruit had fully matured; and, The fruit produced as a…

  • Early Posts

    Redemption, a Story Told by Trees

      I don’t know why but I have always had a special fondness for trees; and, since most of my life has been spent living in Virginia, there has seldom been a time when I did not have a beautiful one to behold. That being said, try to imagine the shock that I experienced shortly after my husband and I were married, when we moved to West Texas, a place where trees are a rare and very precious commodity.  At first, the fact that we would actually be moving to a place where trees would be so scarce didn’t really sink in; but, as we were driving across country to…