Our Daily Bread Devotional 28 September 2023 Titled Tend Your Garden
The topic for today’s Our Daily Bread, ODB devotional is titled Tend Your Garden for today Thursday 28 September 2023. Read and get bless.
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Bible Verse for Today
Catch for us the foxes . . . that ruin the vineyards. – Song of Songs 2:15
Today’s Scripture: Song of Songs 2:8–17
INSIGHT: Our Daily Bread Devotional 28 September 2023 Titled Tend Your Garden
I was so excited to plant our backyard fruit and veggie garden. Then I started to notice small holes in the dirt. Before it had time to ripen, our first fruit mysteriously disappeared. One day I was dismayed to find our largest strawberry plant had been completely uprooted by a nesting rabbit and scorched to a crisp by the sun. I wished I’d paid closer attention to the warning signs!
The beautiful love poem in Song of Songs records a conversation between a young man and woman. While calling to his darling, the man sternly warned against animals who would tear apart the lovers’ garden, a metaphor for their relationship. “Catch for us the foxes, the little foxes that ruin the vineyards,” he said (Song of Songs 2:15). Perhaps he saw hints of “foxes” that could ruin their romance, like jealousy, anger, deceit, or apathy. Because he delighted in the beauty of his bride (v. 14), he wouldn’t tolerate the presence of anything unwholesome. She was as precious as “a lily among thorns” to him (v. 2). He was willing to put in the work to guard their relationship.
Some of God’s most precious gifts to us are family and friends, although those relationships aren’t always easy to maintain. With patience, care, and protection from “the little foxes,” we trust that God will grow beautiful fruit. By: Karen Pimpo
Bible in a Year: Isaiah 5–6, Ephesians 1
Reflect & Pray
Where have you become complacent in a close relationship? What foxes are you tolerating?
Jesus, thank You for loving me so well.
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