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Hiding Sins From God
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Moore's
Chapel Home Missions & Evangelism Devotions
Beautiful Children's
Devotions - Teen
Devotions -
The
Walk To The Cross
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Hidden Harvest Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight
(Hebrews 4:3a NIV). "Just finish planting that bag of sweet corn and we'll head for the lake," my dad announced, hoping to inspire his ten-year-old son to complete the row. At least twenty more feet of sun-baked earth and a sound of seeds remained between my hot, sweaty body and the cold, refreshing water of Graham Lake. He just said, "Finish planting that bag of sweet corn," I thought. He didn't say anything about finishing the row. Quickly, I hoed a large hole and, turning to see that Dad wasn't looking, emptied the bag of seed into the newly-dug grave. A few weeks later, long rows of tiny thin leaves began to push through the earth. I double-checked to make sure I had buried the extra seeds deep enough. Sure, enough, there was no sign of the secret seeds. Until about two weeks later! "James Norman Watkins! What do you know about this?" There, between the corn rows, a dense patch of tiny, thin leaves betrayed me. Part of my summer's allowance went to buy replacement seed, and a whole afternoon went to planting the rest of the row of corn. But most of my summer was spent listening to my dad quote, "Behold you sins will find you out."
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