Nowadays I live in a flat with no garden, but I used to have quite a big vegetable garden. I grew broad beans and runner beans and black currants and gooseberries and raspberries and potatoes and probably other things that I have forgotten. With gardening there is need of hard work and lots of patience. First you have to choose the right time of year to prepare the ground. When it is a fine tilth in the Spring you sow your seeds. You have to put the seeds in at the right depth. Bigger seeds need to go down deeper than tiny seeds. If the tiny seeds are too deep they will not be able to germinate and grow to the surface. Once they are sown you have to wait for them to germinate and break through to the surface. You do not keep digging them up to see how they are doing. This is a great example of sowing the seed of God's word in a friend's heart. You must sow the seed at the right time having prepared the ground with friendship and care. Then comes the part we find the hardest. You have to wait patiently. You can do a little watering, but don't do so much that you rot the seed. Certainly do some careful weeding, it is always good to get rid of wrong ideas. Jesus promises that we will have a harvest in His good time if we do not grow weary.
First of all thanks to Fat Prophet for your interest. I see from your blog you are having trouble commenting. To get back to my assessed service. Criticism albeit constructive is harder for some to take than others. I felt a little crushed after my assessed service but then remembered I had recorded it on my dictaphone. I listened to it all through and although my assessors were quite right about me speaking a little quickly and rushing from item to item, I was actually very pleased with the content of my sermon and how I presented it. So I have decided to take heart. I highly recommend other trainees to record your services. You can hear your good points and your bad and there is no argument about it, it is all caught on the recorder.
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