Good Fruit!

A few days ago my wife bought some apples that are now IN SEASON. Oh, how I enjoyed biting into that crisp sweet fruit, just the way apples always ought to be; not mushy. It is plums I enjoy soft and juicy. Then yesterday she brought in a pear from a tree in our own yard. It tasted so good I was ready to go out and begin picking them. However, my wife was presently making blackberry jam (another fruit IN SEASON) and so we will be picking the pears within the next few days. It is so wonderful how God seems to have spread different fruits through their own SEASON so that everything is not ripe all at once. This gives us a chance to enjoy the freshness of each kind. It was the cherries we enjoyed picking and eating over a month ago and there will be other varieties of apples becoming ripe in the early Fall.

Solomon stated. . .
"To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and A WORD IN SEASON, HOW GOOD IT IS!" ( Proverbs 15:23 ESV)

Though God has provided a variety of sweet fruits for us to enjoy, the fruit Solomon mentioned is that which we provide. How IN SEASON (appropriate and timely) are our words as we interact with others? Are they like the pear my wife gave me a taste of that made me desire more? Are they beneficial to the situation of the moment? Is the time "ripe" for them to be used? Just as unripe fruit can leave a bad or sour taste in the mouth, so it is with poor timing in our speech. But "how good" it is when we wisely consider and use words that are IN SEASON for the moment in which they are spoken. May our words be as timely as the fresh fruit God has provided.

Have a great day PROVIDING GOD'S INTENDED FRUIT OF THE LIPS!
Carl

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