The church could talk about a million different things. The Bible is full of all kinds of teaching. However, for thousands of years, there has been a consistent message that needs to be shared. This lesson is both a reminder and an invitation.
In the late 1800s, it was common for railway companies to plant formal gardens beside their stations. These gardens were filled with trees, shrubs, flowers, and fruit trees. Sometimes they also featured a kitchen garden growing lettuce, carrots, corn, and potatoes. Estevan’s Canadian Pacific Railway Garden was once located where Mid-City Plumbing and Heating is today. The purpose of these gardens was to show what the land could produce. After hours and sometimes days of riding across the featureless prairies, the railways wanted to show settlers the potential of their new home. The gardens showed what was possible and they encouraged the settlers to transform their own land and discover its potential too. Today’s verse acts similarly, in that it challenges us to find the potential in
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