No Broken Hearts

Harvesting hope in Fruita, Utah.

“The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”
—Psalm 34:18 KJV

But Does It Taste Good?

Of all the details required to plan her wedding, June enjoyed taste-testing samples for their wedding luau the most. Her favorites from the menu: Baked Alaska and Blue Apple Pie.

“Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.”
—Matthew 7:20 KJV

Seed Harvest

Hearing the Word.

“Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God.

But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.”
—Luke 8:11, 15 KJV

Seeds

Show mow: the grass is always greener . . .

“And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.”
—Genesis 1:11 KJV

Reconciled

After the harvest, Susanna and other workers pruned the apple trees in the Belmont Brothers’ orchard. Pruning helped the trees stay healthy and produce more fruit by allowing light to filter through the leaves.

“For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;

And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled”
—Colossians 1:19-21 KJV

Abiding

Picking wild blueberries relaxed Susanna. She had created her famous blue apple pie with her Ma on the trail. The juicy berries reminded her of God’s providence and healing. Waiting for the apple harvest taught her to wait on the Lord in all things.

“Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.”
—John 15:4, 5 KJV