Pastor Manley Miller

God is an accountant. Things always add up.

He calls it you reap what you sow.

But you don’t sow trees, you sow seeds. Little tiny seeds that end up becoming big oak trees. I officiated a wedding under the Spanish Moss of some City Park Oaks this past weekend. Impressive trees. But all those trees which have stood the test of storms like Hurricane Katrina started out as tiny little seeds.

“We can count the seeds in an apple, but God can count the apples in a seed.” - Sammie Mitchell at PJ’s Coffee on Mounes and Elmwood Park, Monday April 25th, 2011

The principle that governs all life is you can’t get out of the ground that which you never planted. And the thing about gardening is there are two factors you cannot control.

1. Time
2. Rain

So, what are the seeds in a marriage? Well they are all communicated by words and actions. Words create expectation and arousal. Actions create excitement and trust. Together they create the kind of marriage that others wish they had.

So what are some seed words you could sow into your marriage today?

• I Love you
• I’m doing this, but I’m thinking about you
• I’ve tried to get you out of my mind, but I’m failing miserably
• Lets have lunch together
• Lets both take off of work and meet up at the lakefront to walk barefoot
• Why aren’t you next to me?

So what are some seed actions you could sow into your marriage today?

The five sense are a great place to start

1. Sight - Take her out to bear witness to the stars, the ocean, Art or a Magic Show
2. Touch - Brush her hair, rub her feet, hold her hand, open her door, look in her eyes.
3. Taste - Two words - Angelo Brocato. You’re welcome.
4. Smell - Candles, Flowers, Baking and Perfume. All of them make a day better.
5. Sounds - Turn off the television and listen to music when you get home. Classical. Jazz. Otis. Bill Withers. Lionel Ritchie, Karen Carpenter.

Small seeds planted everyday in the garden of marriage become Big Oak Tree relationships filled with the gray hair of Spanish Moss.

“He is like a tree planted by streams of water that yields its fruit in its season, and its leaf does not wither. In all that he does, he prospers. The wicked are not so, but are like chaff that the wind drives away.” - Psalm 1:3-4