Currently, our homeschool is learning all about farms and the methods that are used in farming and ranching. \u00a0We just completed a lesson on fruit orchards. \u00a0One of the techniques we learned about is called grafting.<\/p>\n
Grafting is a horticultural term where the rootstock on one plant (our example was the apple tree), is joined by the shoot of a another plant. \u00a0The two sets of vascular plant tissue graft together, creating a new plant that contains elements of two separate plants.<\/p>\n
The reason for this is to create a plant that has desirable traits, such as disease resistance, tasty fruit, a long production season, etc.<\/p>\n
When we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, we are also “grafted” by and with the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n
Grafting is initially painful to the plant, and to us. \u00a0A cut needs to be made in the rootstock and a shoot needs to be cut off another. \u00a0For us, \u00a0sin (anything that we do that goes against God’s perfect will for us), addictions, self-centeredness, unhealthy thoughts and actions are cut, and the Holy Spirit takes its place. \u00a0For me, this has been a long, painful process, and continues to be.<\/p>\n
But, as the grafted tree heals and restores and creates a new tree, so does the Holy Spirit heal, restore, and create a new Me!<\/p>\n
The scars of the grafts can be seen on a tree, and the scars of my past can be seen on me. \u00a0But the vibrant, living Holy Spirit continues to knit together and bind my wounds, and I pray, pulse through my body, stronger every day.<\/p>\n
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\nTherefore, if anyone is in Christ, the\u00a0new<\/strong>\u00a0creation<\/strong>\u00a0has come: The old has gone, the\u00a0new<\/strong>\u00a0is here!<\/p>\n