Who waters on a rainy day?

Do you remember how much rain we've had, even all through April?
The vast amounts of rain wasn't what was on my mind this day in the very beginning of May, so when I was out in the front of our house watering the lawn, I wondered why somebody slowed down, starring as they drove by! Then it hit me, aah, yes, guess it must have looked a bit like water-wasting  -  unless of course you knew what I knew: the fact that my husband a few days prior, had scalped and reseeded the lawn. The weather then switched from April rain to August sun, made everybody put in their air conditioner, and put me on the front lawn with a water hose in hand, because to keep the seeds alive, they needed to be kept moist.

I started thinking what I do as a child of God, that must look weird to others  -  unless of course they know!
                                     What can you ever really know of other people's souls -
                                      of their temptations, their opportunities, their struggles?
                                                                                                                          - C.S. Lewis

Former alcoholics stop going to bars, and I doubt you'll find beer or other alcoholic beverages in their house - but of course, you say. People starting a certain diet, tend to avoid invitations to dinners until they have a good handle on the should, should-nots and self discipline - well yes, that is understandable you say.
So it also is for me as a believer. Some things are pretty general and common for all believers. For example; you will most likely find us in church on Sunday mornings. Not so much in dark bars, smoking and drinking the night away. Reading material includes the Bible and so on.
But then there are things I do or avoid, unique to me as an individual, because of what I have walked through in life.
                                     God has rescued me, healed and set me free.
And in order to protect and keep alive -so it will grow- what God has given me, would I not be willing to look odd and 'water the lawn' ?

Paul writes to Timothy, (whom he calls "my true son in the faith" 1 Timothy 1:2) "Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you - guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us." 2nd Timothy 1:14.

I have learned many lessons due to my unwillingness, at times, to guard what God had done for me. At last I have become not only older, but also wiser - and grown to value so much more what He has entrusted to me, than what others might think of my, in their eyes, odd behavior.
So with this, I urge you....
                               Protect what God has done for you - don't let it be stolen.
                               Keep alive what God has deposited in you - don't let it dry out

-b