The Story of a Bird | DEVOTIONAL | Roots and Refuge Farm
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I usually skip all your devotional videos because they don't align with my beliefs. I gave this one my time and I'm glad I did. 🐦 Enjoyed the story.
Happy Easter! By the way... It's because God was drawing you near. He does that but many don't understand or recognize it Some follow and some turn their backs on Him. He wants us to let him into our life. A life he created.
The end times are near. The BIBLE scripture tells us what to look for those days are here. I pray for you to
Know Jesus and let Him in your life you won't be sorry. It's life changing. God Bless You!!!!
Remember, it's a personal relationship with God.
Jess you hit my Heart right where i am, in this Season im walking, i so understand why God had me watch this video, you keep listening to God because your touching lives with the simple message of trusting God when we don't understand, everything going on around us. What a blessing your giving to us from your hard places
Hi Jess, I don’t believe I have ever introduced myself to you, but I’ve been following your RUclips channel for some time now and my name is Emmy Lou. When I first stumbled upon your channel and saw this young, tattooed, nose pierced young lady and thought to myself what in the world could this colorful character know about gardening...but what the heck...I’ll give her a try. I might add that I’m a southern bred and raised (Mississippi no doubt)58 (59 next month but whose counting) yr old that has had her share of ups and downs beginning at a very young age...so I guess you could say I have a wealth of wisdom. I have always said it’s not your good times that shape your character, but the tough ones. Although I was raised a Christian, I feel like my true spiritual walk with Jesus began when I was 28. Today you touched my heart and soul by so eloquently stating what I have felt so many times in my own garden. God bless you and keep spreading the fruit, sweetie.
Jess, I have been so lost this summer. I really can't explain it. After the 4th of July I just bottomed out. But, even in my weakest moments. God has provided everything for me. My abused unweeded garden produced abundantly. I need to pray like you explained. God, I just want to be close to you. I needed this today, Jess. Thanks for the uplifting devotional. Peace be with you! Pam
Being broken is how the light gets in! We have all been there with you ❤️
tootie2383 AMEN
Wow. You're right. Great point.
I am broken and weary of evil people my baby has been raped and heart eaten by a cop here in Australia! I don't believe I will ever trust people again! I am being threatened daily and hurt by people my vehicle is being damaged and want it all to stop! I believe in God but can't pray
@@apsutton336 i know i'm late, but i'm praying for you today x
@@mamagrotgrows tks Carla
Need all I can get it's all too hard
I'm in Australia and it's so violent and crazy here
Can't wait to get back home to US.
Thank you
Dear Jess, thank you so much for sharing the story of the bird, I will definitely ask Jesus how I can paint His God-given peace. As an artist I felt your story coming, and it came to a place I can relate to, it grabbed me by the throat. I need to give that a place, and the best way for me, is make that painting, that God meant for me to make. Thank you for waking me up, again. Thank you for sowing the seeds of wonder, of joy, of peace, of gratitude, inspiration...
The practical application comes when the seeds you did sow in, at least, my soul, are starting to grow and find a place to settle. I love hearing your story, it makes me grow, even when I didn't get it at first.
I can't come over to meet you this weekend, I'm at the other side of the big pond, but maybe my little stories as comments on your videos, will provide you with yet another example that the seed-sowing through your channel, is really happening. Real-life, and even years after you posted something, like earlier devotionals. It did definitely sow a seed in my heart, in my soul, and I thank God for that. I thank God for you.
(You made my evening glow, now I can sleep, thank you)
I bless you too,
Love from The Netherlands,
Diana
"You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you." Jn15:16 ^_^
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Isaiah 55:10-13 KJV
✝️ 10 For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
✝️11 So shall My Word be that goeth forth out of My mouth: it shall not return unto Me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
✝️12 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
✝️13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
You are so wise for one so young. Thank you for being in tune with HIM so that you can impart your understanding to those of us that can hear HIS word through you. Thank you for sharing. God bless you n yours always.
Earlier this year I didn't even know what a devotional was... now I get 2 in one day. First from the Tinkerers Wife (who mentioned y'all in hers) and now I get one from Jess... loving this day!!
PEACE is what we ALL are seeking and sadly most never find. I think being a believer gives us a better understanding of true peace but many still are struggling with the storms because they haven't turned them over to our Father. And yes my dear, there is definitely a direct connection between the garden and PEACE. After all, that IS where it all began! I think God wants us to bear the fruit of the Spirit also be sharing His word and love.
Jess, you have such a wonderful talent with words...I could listen to you tell a story over and over again!
Thank you for sharing this story and how it moved you from an early age. 😍🙏🙏🙏😍
Deborah VonHeeder yes, agree
Thank you very much for that....words don't even come close. I needed to be reminded of that peace, of that fruit. Going through a health challenge. Outwardly, I show the strong Christian woman who knows God has it. Inside is the scared little girl who knows God has it, but is still trembling. I will focus on the bird. I will focus on the cleft of the rock, my strong hiding place. Thank you...and I bless you.
anita house bless you Anita 🙏🏻
This hit me so hard, it's amazing how God works through people & put this on your heart to share with us. I've had so many devastating things happen in my life that (at the time) I thought my life was over & I didn't see a way to keep going. I lost my mama when I was 10 & it devastated me, I lost my baby at 27 days old & wanted to die with him, I absolutely could not go on in this life, I was in such a dark place...I can't explain how God touched my life, but He did. His love & peace is the only explanation I have for being here right now. Thank you for this video Jess. You're such an inspiration
Gardening From Scratch bless you 🙏🏻
"There is a dry and safe place for me in here, in the certainty of who God is" ..... Wow, that one sentence stopped me in my tracks, something I've known but not thought about and maybe doubted even at times. I can't remember how I found you Jess but I love that I did. I've drifted these past few years and listening to you talk about your faith, life, struggles.... I feel is strengthening my bond again with Father. Thank you.
Made me cry.... needed to hear this
Me too ♡
Dear Jess, your stories are impacting the lives of others just like your bird story impacted yours as a seed planted that took root, produces fruit, and tosses seeds out to produce more fruit at the most unexpected times and surprising places.
One such testimony changed my life and continues to shape and mold it on the trellis of time.
Through the years I have heard many stories of people who have visited heaven and been sent back to tell about it. This one captivated my heart because age and health and circomstances have reduced my garden to one lone lilac "tree" (lower branches of the bush being pruned) and a collection of succulents called hens and chicks and a smattering of herbs. My husband manages a few tomatoes, cukes and peppers and that's about it.
So the story goes this man dies and goes to heaven and is being given a specialized tour. He sees Jesus stop by to sit with a lady in her garden. It was the most beautiful and fragrant garden he had ever seen. As he watched them talk, it was obvious that Jesus was deeply breathing in each flower's aroma and caressing their delicate blooms admiring each flower petal and bud.
The man asked questions and discovered that when Jesus comes to visit people in heaven, His favorite place to meet them is in their garden.
Anxious to see his own home and meet Jesus there for the first time he asked to be taken to his own garden. Once there he was so surprised by its lack of flowers and the incredible smells that were missing that he had experienced at the other lady's garden. His had lovely manicured grass but no roses or jasmin or lavander or any other fragrant blooms. When he asked why the difference, why his was so bare, he was told the flowers in your garden in heaven are from your seeds of faith and thanksgiving times on earth. They are born from your worship and tears and sacrifices of praise down here and transplanted to your eternal home there because since the beginning The Lord set aside that special time to visit Adam and Eve in their garden. HE has always loved the gardens, in Eden, in Gethsemane where He sweat great drops of blood and even in the garden tomb where He was laid to rest.
Every day I try to sing Him new songs even if it's just a jouful noise and I look around me for all the beauty my eye can absorb and when the clouds come, I thank Him for the rain that will water the seeds and refresh my precious little thirsty plants.
I want to have a full to overflowing garden to share with Him some day.
I'm sure yours is already well established, Jess. ❤🙌👏🙌👏😊
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Wow, Thank you God and Jess, this is so timely..about to go get my Mom in PA. We are going up to pack her life up and to move her in to our small home, store of course somethings, all while refinancing and needing to do some work on the house. And I am trying to pack, with my older daughter using a wash in product to dye her hair( in my bathroom,) and my special needs son just wants my attention anytime I sit for a quiet second and I want to do so much but am capable of far less time wise. So that cleft of protection sounds perfect, and so far you told that story about that painting in a way as an artist and Christian that caused me to understand it on another level. And boy, oh boy, I know I need my garden in better shape. And surrender for some reason is harder and harder as I get older. Honestly, sometimes the weeds just tend to look like good things too. So thank you!! I will seek the Holy Spirit’s guidance concerning where I might be cutting back the things He is planting and not yanking out the rest, you wove in practical advice you just have to listen to the whole devotional to hear those ideas to bear much fruit. 💟✝️💟🙌🏼
My husband and I were just talking about this a few weeks ago.. and this really spoke to me and brought tears to my eyes because I struggle with the upsets of life.. it’s like Our Father just spoke right through you Jess, straight to me.. I completely understand now and it’s so much more bigger than my life’s upsets, He has called me to bare fruit and to sow seeds. Thank you so much for sharing this, you have no idea how this has touched my heart.. I still have tears of joy from this revelation. I bless you! 🙏🏾❤️🌻
❣️👍🏻. We all struggle through this life 😊❤️
You have a beautiful spirit. So happy God put it on your heart to share with us.
I don’t normally watch your devotionals but I found myself clicking on this one and everything you have said be so true for me right now. You have given me a lot to think about today Jess thank you!
I actually cried listening to this. You sure do have a gift Jess. Thankyou for sharing your thoughts. God is always present he just waits on us to pay attention. ❤
Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. Lk 8:11
Thank you Jess for spreading His seed.
I receive it.
Glory to the Lord
God is the seed and we our his fruits of his labor!
Thank you for sharing your heart. This has helped me so much as I'm in a horrific storm. Again, thank you. May God bless you.
Jessica, I have believed God for Revelation of Him. It is the desire of my heart. I want to walk with Him and be shown things He WANTS to show me. He wants to share and be my Father. He is certainly amazing in the ways He reveals stuff isn't He. You have the anointing of a teacher. My pastor does also. I was broken and so sad and lonely. God has healed so many things.
My husband and I were just talking about this. Our talk started with a apple seed. Confirmation we are on right track❤️❤️🙏
Tina fry we call that a God wink!
I am so thankful that the Lord has lead me to your channel. I love learning from you, and watching your gardening tips, BUT THEN to find out your my sister in CHRIST!!! MAKES MY HEART REJOICE!!
It is uncanny how you upload these devotionals when I need them the most. ♡ Thank you for this. ♡
Planting the good things in your soul is key.
Beautiful! Gathered more from this than anything I could have watched you planting in the soil! ❣️👍🏻👏🏻😊❤️🙏🏻. I’m 68 and have lived through many seasons yet it still fed me❣️
You have planted seeds and now for me to keep it watered and safe. Thank you more than you will ever know. I've felt things before but you have a GIFT that puts feelings into words and on top of that you SHARE. I'm so blessed for your generous nature and for those seeds that have spread to me. I'm a visual learner and you a masterful painter with words as your medium. Bless you.
Jess you leave me speechless. You are truly an old soul & wise beyond your years! Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us. I am gathering up the seeds you've sent out & sowing some of my own! God is pleased!!! : )
Jess, your vlog has really inspired me to move forward with my farm. One year ago tomorrow hurricane Michael totally changed our world. I felt lost, your vlog has helped me find my way. I really needed this one. Thank you for all you do.
Jess it is so easy to get upset with Jesus. Tomorrow will be the 38 anniversary of my son Robby's death. He died when he was 13 months old. I had been praying for Jesus to heal him. But it is in times like this we need to offer up the sacrifice of praise. Romans 8:28 says all things work together for them that love God, and are called according to his purpose. I miscarried my second baby before Robby died. Right now am trying to understand why a biological drug I was given made my skin abnormal. I keep thanking Jesus for healing me. He word says by his stripes we are healed. And another verse says there is nothing to hard for God to do. A song we sang in church years ago. Part of it said "I don't need to understand I just need to hold your hand. Take the dearest things to me if that's how it must be. To draw me closer to you. Take my house's and lands if that's how it must be to draw me closer to you. I don't need to understand I just need to hold your hand". I probably don't have the words right lol. Music has a way of drawing me closer to God.
Keep shining that light dear sister! 💜
After still struggling in my understanding God lead me to Dan Mohler on YT, who spoke the gospel so simply, that I now am understanding who I am in Christ, I am beginning to understand my purpose in the Kingdom of God, my purpose in this world. To shine the light of God that Jesus, the Son of God, paid the price for with His human life, to restore us back to what we were in the original creation that God created in the beginning. God created us in His image, to be the image bearers of Love, His Love. And when Adam and Eve sinned, they became separated from God and instead of being loved and being love, they became in need of love. Jesus came to restore us back to God's Love and to show us what God's Love is. He became a model for us, a Savior of the World. 💜
Dan Mohler is the best teacher alive on the planet!
Just found your YT. I''ve been watching you non stop through the afternoon for hours. Thank you. SC is my home State, I would love to meet you in person.
This is incredible I have so much enjoyed your beautiful family and amazing garden i have been so inspired to garden ... it brings me such Joy . Blessings to you and yours.
Good devotional message I'v been lost many times hearing this makes me want to understand the word of God more. You touched my heart. I am your new sub:)
Last November I had a miscarriage and the journey of grief landed me at home because of covid. Your devotionals have really helped me feed my spirit. More so, this week as I have been fasting (your devotionals were something I didn’t want to fast from) and trying to really breakthrough this sadness and fear of loss. It’s been such a wonderful week and I just want to thank you. It’s also very comforting to see you mention you your losses as well and be such a joy that shares Jesus. ❤️🌱 you were sent to me Jess as I was folding laundry and your video kept coming up in my feed many months ago. And so much has really come from subscribing. Thank you for walking in obedience. It’s helping His Kingdom. ✨
God is in the details! I believe it’s no accident that the first word of your last name is “sow”. You are truly sowing an abundance of spiritual seeds, which ultimately are even greater than all the literal “fruit” in all the earth. Bless you!
Dear Jess, I believe that the Lord has led me to your video. This is the second video I happened to watch. I am overwhelmed, blessed, renewed and filled with joy listening to your story. God knew exactly what I needed to hear at the exact moment in my life. Thank you for sharing and for the fellowship that I felt while watching and listening. Yes...this has been an awesome feeling of fellowship for me during this season of my life. God Bless you and your family my Sister in Our Lord Jesus Christ! 🙏🏼 😍
The seed is so vital in the natural and the spiritual. Bloom where you are planted and share your harvest! Please continue to listen to the voice of God and share your insights of wisdom with us. You are planting seeds of hope.
You have such a joyful spirit and what a powerful devotional today. Thank you for sharing your heart and God's message.
You are an amazing and uplifting young lady, thank you for who you are. God bless!
Thank you for sharing about the “fruits of the spirit” that makes perfect sense Jess. Sowing seeds
So as I listened to your story, tears coursing down my cheeks, I felt what God wanted to teach me about the turmoil, the emptying, the pressing together of minutes, hours and days of pain, of brokenness, but most important of the still quiet, dry, safe sanctuary that lies within me. This place that takes me past hardness to love, past agony to pure joy, past grief and loneliness to relationship. This relationship is singular yet multiplied. It is between me and the Lord and hard won yet ripens into many lives. Jess, it was your personal story and it was mine. It was from the same soil and the same garden and yes, you did bless me. More over your blessing reached beyond me to those who are in my life. Cucamelons upon cucamelons.
I listen to your devotionals as I start my day in my garden. I'm always moved to tears so I'm pretty sure my neighbors think I'm the saddest gardener ever lol.
Jess, I love all your devotionals. love this story of the bird's nest. so beautiful thank your so much. love and blessings to you, Bertha in Texas
Thank you, Jess!❤️❤️❤️ The Lord spoke some deep truths into my heart this morning as I watched this! Some things I’ve been seeking direction on and praying about seem a little less daunting and much more purposeful! I am thankful today for you and your ministry, and for how the Lord speaks so personally and so perfectly on time !🙏🏻❤️☝🏻🕰
Wow Jess.. Peace is my word for the year and I’m in a season of searching myself. Thank you ❤️
I love your devotionals. Pear trees and bathroom stalls is one of my favorites and this one is definitely at the top. Your sincerity and wonder is almost tangible.
Keep doing what you're doing 💕
I love attending the church of Jessica. You are my seed and I am your fruit. Thank you and bless you.
Jess, I have watched this devotional many times. The story of the bird has made a tremendous impact on my life. Thank you so much.
Yeah, I have been so far removed from agricultural life it's not so easy to understand the bible. It's people like you that Jesus can use to explain seeds & multiplication. Thankyou
Thank you. A much needed affirmation of Gods love.
Jess I want to thank you so much for sharing this particular story with us. I needed to hear this message and presented this way at this precise moment in my life. I have been personally struggling with this and my situation presently in life and the anxiety of it all was weighing me down. I've never understood why we need to go to church and or worship God though I believe in him and know I'm alive bc of his mercy. Won't get into that but I honestly wouldn't be alive today a few times over if not for him intervening into my situation past to present. I have always struggled with church bc of how many are that go to church , how they view someone who doesn't have the best of the best or hasn't always made the best choices but always tries. I've felt less than , I've always felt out of place and until we went to this new church a few times never felt connected through the body of Christ. I've back slid into my old ways bc of lack of money, lack of desire to go bc I struggle with health, anxieties, depression and bipolar issues, loss alot of loss and let that drag me backwards here and there. Why bc lets be honest it's easier than forcing myself to do what every cell in me is screaming against doing but watching this gave me an understanding that to find that peace and joy I see in you I have to fight through my issues and go to tend my garden so that I can be a better person in Christ, a better mom (more gentle like you bc I'm a good mom love my kids but I get irritated and I'm grumpy with them and don't like it.) I want to be gentle and teach them to be loving and kind not quick to anger and rules. I want to improve my relationship with them , with God and be kind to other's instead of assuming the worst in ppl bc I learned along time ago that monster's aren't under your bed or in your closet they are in ppl that you often love or mistrusted and hurt you in ways no one should ever be hurt. That is hard to over right and my over protection of my girls has made me a leary , judgemental reclusive person. I want to change that and teach my Girls that bad stuff might happen but through God you can overcome and control how you react or what you become bc of someone else's choices. Sorry to go on and on and lay this out there just wanted to really say you help me with so much I struggle with and are a true testament of Christ's Love and the bountiful harvest that can come when you allow him to come in and tend to your garden.
Thanks
Dee
Yay devotional !!! 😍
Cheyenne McKoy I thought the same too 🙏🏼🙌🏼✝️🙌🏼
Wooo! 🙏🙏👐
Your devotional and encouragement and reminder is intensely exactly what I needed to hear and feel exactly when I needed to put me back on track during a struggle time with in my life and in my heart.
Thanks and hugs
God Bless You
When a man is hungry, he can't fully appreciate the awesomeness of a Filet Mignon.
The Lord said,
.......with wisdom, get understanding.
Many people know the price of everything, and the value of nothing.
You, young lady, are like a well seasoned Filet Mignon...
An unexpected treat .
I don't mean to sound stupid, but the Lord is using you to break down Truth in a way that others can easily understand.
It's not just digestible. It lingers.
It nourishes.
It heals.
It grows.
I know I'm not the only one.
It's not just in my head.
Your spirit bears witness with mine.
Forgive me if I offend or seem too real over some social media platform, but I so appreciate you, and I pray you never stop being You.
I appreciate your kind encouragement! Thank you!
I love ur videos but this one is my favorite! God bless u Jess.
So good! Sure we can ask for seed but are we bearing fruit? are we tending our garden?
Thank you for the amazing story, kind words, the goats, crying baby, birds chirping, and the seeds. Many blessings to you. 🥰
I cultivate my garden and my garden cutivates my patience, perseverance and faith !
Just what I needed. Got news that my wife has cancer again earlier in the day. I found God’s peace in the storm. Borrowing that story for a sermon. Thanks for sharing from your heart.
Praying for you guys.
I have no other words except Thank You.
Jess, what a revelation. Your devotionals always seem to be perfectly timed. Thank you for sharing! God bless you and your family!
This was a lovely way to start the day. I had never heard that story, but as you were describing the first painting, I kept thinking that it wasn’t right. God’s peace, is a peace despite what’s around us. God bless
While you were telling the story of peace, I kept thinking of Jesus in the boat...asleep, in perfect peace. It's amazing how much peace comes in when we know that God is our good father. I loved how you said He doesn't just give us enough for our own sustenance, but the fruit, when it bears seed, is more than enough to share!❤ Thank you for sharing your faith!
🙏👐 love watching your devotionals!
I really needed this today, sweet Jess...thank you!! xo
More Garden DEVO’s PLLLEEEAAZZZZZE!!!!!! 🥰. Sitting in my garden this morning and really enjoyed this! Thanks for spreading the fruit of the spirit! God Bless You! 🌹
God bless you!!! Thankyou SO much for sharing this with us!! You have blessed me this morning!! Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou!! ❤
I discovered your channel through A Good Life Farm, and I'm so glad that I did!! I pray you have a blessed day! In His love, Michelle L ❤🙏🏻
Jessica,
I pray you will read this.
I truly love your family and enjoy many of your videos even though I disagree with parts of many of them. I have gardened probably 20 years before you were born. During my career I lived in 9 of America's states and in England for 3 years. I have had a garden every year since I was 14 (and I am probably old enough to be your grandpa) and I have had a garden every place I lived. In California (where I was when I retired) my garden was on the large balcony of the townhouse I bought, but it was a huge garden that produced abundantly. In England the landlord who owned the house I lived in would not let me plant a garden so I rented what the Brits called an allotment. (A large property just outside the town I lived in where people could rent a plot to grow their veggies.) I have had gardens with probably 3 times the square footage of the very nice gardens you had this past spring and summer. In my early career life I taught agriculture in a high school. I once owned a 357 acre farm and ranch. I really know very much about gardening and ranching. Being in my gardens and on my ranch, I felt a closeness to my Creator long before He became my Lord and Redeemer. I was raised in a Baptist church in south Texas. However, I never let God into my life until I was 51 years of age. I had a very successful career life and never felt the need for God. Three months before God began drawing me to Him He allowed a couple disasters in my life to get my attention so I would know He owned my soul and not me. One day I broke down and cried like a baby, --- tears of joy because I finally realized He truly did have a love for me that surpasses any humanly understanding and that I really did need Him. And I cried tears of shame for the sinful life I had lived. I never committed any crimes but I broke just about every one of God's laws - often, and I enjoyed wallowing in my sins. I thought. When it finally came, my repentance was real. He immediately changed me into the servant of Christ I am now. I lost very many friends and I lost what little family I had left at that time because I was called by God to be His servant. All true Christians will serve the Lord and we will count it and any trials and tribulations He may give us, joy. True Christians are in the world but we are not of the world. God told me I was no longer retired, that I was now His servant. He tells that to all His children. We have no choice but to be obedient to Him. We will take joy in serving Him even when it cost us dearly. I watch all your new videos and have gone back and watched many of your older ones. Knowing and practicing agriculture since way before you were born, I agree with some of your teachings on agriculture but I disagree with a lot of them. Often (and occasionally you even admit) it seems like everything is trial and error. You teach your methods are the only way to go and I vehemently disagree for a myriad of reasons. Your subscribers live all over the world. Their gardens do not have the same soil base as yours. Most do not live in the same agricultural zone as you. Most of them do not garden full time like you and Jeremiah do. Most of them work for their money (like taught in the Bible) instead of begging for it to be given to them. There are so many variables that come into play and what you teach is not applicable to many. At times you are even arrogant about what you teach. Because most people really knows nothing about gardening, they believe you, they trust your teachings and do not know that what you teach will not work all over the world. Much of what you teach will not work for me here on the Texas Gulf Coast. Right now you do not have much growing at all. Right now I have radishes, cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts, sweet potatoes, beets and peppers growing. You have your husband and kids to assist you in everything. I am single. Many of your subscribers are single. What gets done here on my rural property and in many of your subscribers properties is all done by me and them. Alone. We cook, we do laundry, we clean the house, we maintain our vehicles, we mow the grass, we maintain our gardens and try to grow them larger each year. I have fruit and nut trees, I have white and black grapes, I have berries, I have rose gardens and most of all I have ministries where I serve Jesus. I have a jail ministry that is very time consuming, but very profitable in ways pleasing to the Lord. I have a Facebook ministry that touches people all over the world. All I do, I pay for. I never beg or ask for money. I never get on the internet and ask people to "support" me. What really bothers me about you is that you are afraid of losing subscribers because of your devotionals. You made that statement in one of your videos. I love your devotionals. The huge majority of your subscribers loves them. In a brief review of "thumbs up" and of "thumbs down" your videos gets, to me it does not seem your devotionals are disliked more than the others. Read the comments under your devotionals. Your subscribers love them. So what if you lose a few subscribers because of them??? Wouldn't you rather please God than man??? You could have such an awesome ministry if you did more devotionals. I went to your playlist and if I counted correctly you have 267 videos posted. Only 13 of them are devotionals. Jess that is less than 5%. Don't you owe God more than that? Don't you owe your subscribers more than that? People need to know more about the fruits of the Spirit than they do about growing veggies. I pray you take this the way it is intended and do not get angry. Your audience needs to hear the Gospel of Jesus who is the Christ more than they need to hear how to grow veggies in your agricultural zone. I really hope you will share devotionals more often than one every two or three months. The world is hungering and thirsting for righteousness. The world needs Jesus. Here are a few scriptures I want to share with you praying they will help you. I love your family and I love what y'all do. I just pray you share Jesus more. (I only read and share the King James version. )
Mark 8:38
2 Timothy 1:8
Titus 1:16
Matthew 10:33
2 Timothy 2:12
Honestly, I think if you consider the multiplication of seed saving and planting plants ..... We could end hunger!!! Just saying!!! 😱🌿🌿🌿
Just came upon this tonight, " for such a time as this... " when the world is walking in a state of pandemic fear. All day as I've prayed and read God's Word of TRUTH, I have smiled because His peace kept washing over me and there was no fear... rather faith in the character of God and His kingdom faithfulness.
All that to say that this post was no accident that I found this older vlog today of all days! I am celebrating 50 years of walking as a follower of Jesus Christ and it warmed my heart and touched my soul to hear the depths of despair that God has pulled you from and set you in the cleft of the rock (like Moses in Ex. 33-34) shining His glory on you so His transformation could blossom in your life! Thank you for sharing such a simple yet profound truth based on God's Holy Word and His Garden which we will return to with Him one day soon!.
Choosing Joy~ Stephanie (Psalm 126) 📖💜
Sowing eternity seeds❣️
This encouraged me so much. Just what I needed to hear. God definitely uses your devotionals. I find myself very excited when you post any devotionals and watching old vlog devotionals I haven't seen.❤ They're so good for my heart. Thank you and keep them coming gf!! They're such a blessing ❤❤❤❤
God blesses me with you Jess. I wish I could meet you in real life but , for now I feel as if I know your heart. That warms and blesses me. I bless you in my prayers as well as your family. I thank God for guiding me to you. I thank you for being here and sharing. Stay safe and God bless you my friend.🌱🐓🐄🐇🐐🌱 Lisa @ Hida Way Homestead
Hi Jess! I just watched this devotional from your heart today, 6/1/20. Wow ... the Word of God is so amazing! Who would have known that this special message that you shared about your own testimony & the Fruit of the Spirit would be so perfect and even more timely 8 months after you shared it the first time! Now that we have gone through 3 months of pandemic flu & isolation ... and now riots breaking out throughout our country ... how desperately we need to hear your message about the Fruit of the Spirit! I have been encouraged today to share the great abundance of the Fruit of the Spirit ... that great, amazing multiplication of God's gifts ... to everyone, every place & every situation that is in my sphere of influence! I pray this message is re-posted and shared by many during this time of uncertainty, fear, unrest, pain & sorrow. May we not respond to violence & evil with more violence & evil ... may we respond to all people with God's love, peace, faithfulness, joy, goodness, gentleness, patience, self-control & kindness that is above & beyond our circumstances or understanding! Love your heart & spirit Jess! I bless YOU!
This is an AMAZING Devotional and I much appreciate your Devotionals! I shared it on my Facebook page ... Thank you 🙏💖💗💓
I don't go to Church,But I do believe in God, I believe People at a Church are very Judgemental and ruin it for me, but I felt like listening to your story I was in a beautiful Church on Sunday Morning with loving , careing people with all the love of God around me....Thank You
The true meaning of Seed Swap! Love this, thank you so much for sharing your heart again. So encouraging to hear stories like yours and most importantly sharing your brokenness and weaknesses which EVERYONE can relate with and how God met you there and gives others hope
I love ask the imagery of the garden in scripture...carry this out to the Vine and the branches, our dependence on Him AND His desire to create in us an ability to show off His glory (in our "fruit", on the "branches"). ❤️❤️❤️
Hey Jess! Well that was beautiful and prolific! This definitely does resound with me as you have been an inspiration in my life since I've begun watching your RUclips channel. I was brought up going to church and participated for a lot of my adult life. Even when I didn't go to church, I still had a relationship with God. Then my mom passed away in 2015, and I've had this large empty spot in my soul ever since. Angry that I watched her die, angry that she died, angry that she left me a demented father to care for. Amongst other feelings that come along with the grieving process, so I totally get that. I honestly thought my dreams died long ago. I always wanted to live in the country & have a farm, but at 55, it ain't happenin'. However..., all that being said, my head was a jumbled mess. I have found peace in the garden. I found joy on your channel. I got inspired to find my joy right here under my feet. I moved into my parents' house, where I grew up, and have since had to put my dad in a residential facility. This property is an acre, plenty enough space for a garden, a chicken coop, and maybe one day a couple goats. And a sprinkling of wonderful grandchildren in which I am sowing seeds of gardening love. So yes, you have touched many lives....put 200,00 toothpicks in a line and pretend they're subscribers. That ought to give a reality to how many seeds of beauty you've sown. Sow kindness, Reap beauty. (Love my shirts, btw). Thank you, and I bless you back! Peace and joy ✌❤ Monique from River Ridge LA (home of the 2019 Little League World Series champs!! ⚾🏆👍)
Thank you for sharing your heart so eloquently. I've been reflecting for a while now about how we, the Church, like to put a big focus on Kingdom at the expense of righteousness. But as you seem to be saying the two are always connected.
My family have been through two church splits in the last five years, and both times I was part of the leadership team. No one prepares you for these things. The enemy screams with accusation and failure. BUT... Father God has made his kindness known, spoken truth and revealed areas of my heart that He's committed to not only heal but make new. Difficult, painful and often frustrating. So often questions asked go unanswered, but there remains an underlying peace, that whatever happens He knows best. He owes us nothing, yet invites us to share in ALL of who He is. Jesus is worth this.
Thanks for all the videos, we're following you from Sheffield UK. Actually stumbled across one of your other devotionals and kept watching. You've all brought encouragement to us in our faith and in our "homesteading" We've currently got chickens, rabbits and as many raised beds as we can feasibly fit in our urban back garden. Hoping, praying, and trusting God for the acres to come, but thankful for the lessons we can learn right here. Thanks again and God bless.
Hi jess❤ You have been so bright in my life. Thank you so much for bringing God into my life. I lost my baby girl 3 months ago. You give me hope in life.I love how I can connect with you. Please keep making videos. You are a amazing person❤❤
Happy Resurrection Day, what a beautiful stories of examples of your life to live by. You have a wonderful gift of Ministry. You have a great way of helping others understanding God's word. By the way you are new to me. What do you do with some much produce that you grow?
I enjoyed your channel immensely thanks I will return...... Have a Blessed Day to you and your family.
Hey Jess, I can honestly say that this is the best video I have ever seen. It is so powerful. Please make it your home page intro video so it does not get buried. My journey aligns so much with yours. Please pray for our family. My husband is up for a job with Cypress Valley just down the road from y'all. We would be moving from Amqui Quebec and be facing a whole pleathera of challenges. I am convinced it is God's plan for us. It is only through HIM has our garden grown. May peace be with you.
I love your devotional. Your wisdom is amazing. I can’t wait to meet you at HOA this weekend. Thank you for your faithfulness and for sharing your knowledge and wisdom.
I live in New Hampshire and there is currently 10" of heavy wet snow, I can't get home from my pet sitting house, and a telephone or power line laying across my car, so I'm stuck here indefinitely. I saw one of your other videos on my feed and said out loud, Girl, I need one of your devotionals to soothe my soul."
I haven't watch this one. My life verse is Matthew 6:33 and I just got a chickadee sitting on a sunflower tattoo on my arm to be my visual testimony to the birds and flowers and how much more my Good Good Father cares for me
God Bless you, Jessica Sowards
Oh what a moment!!! I was bawling at the man's face studying the storm.... then the fruit of God giving peace....... in the small crevice a nest, a bird and it was dry........ my face and shirt are absolutely soaked. I won't forget this story, .... what peace God gives us we often find in the tiniest crevice amidst a stormy day. Oh thank you Lord for such words of wisdom from this, your child , Jess. Lord you bless me. I thank you for guiding her soul. Love you little sister
Beautifully said🌻🌈 This was before the virus, and it should get people to understand more and read there bibles and search there hearts and just talk to God like a friend, because he is😊 people are shared to talk to God, because they don’t know how. I always say, just talk to him like a good friend. He is the father🌻💕🌈 Great message always Jess🌻💕☀️
My everyday routine is wake up, let my dogs out/ feed them and then have a peaceful 20 minutes before I have to go to work. Usually I drink my coffee and draw new garden plans (I am building beds and trying to figure out how I want them in my back yard lol there are about 20 different designs) back to my point of the comment though, I usually watch your garden tours in the morning because they give me peace and just make my heart full. This morning, when I opened my youtube app the first video recommended was this devotional. So as I was watching it my heart became so full and tears filled my eyes. Exactly what I needed to get my heart back on track with my walk with God. Thank you so much. Much love to you
Jess that was beautiful. So glad infinally listened. I have been learning more about the Fruit of The Spirit. Your sharing just added more to my knowledge. Thanks so much for following the Lord to share this. I took notes. The Lord continue to bless your weekend with your family at the conference. Have a great time.
Thank you Jess for sharing your message this morning; it was exactly what I needed to hear and understand this day. I have been subscribed to your channel for some time and love your garden and spending time with your precious family. Your joy is contagious and I appreciate you sharing your experience. Perhaps you are like God's little songbird? (Smile). God bless you and yours.
🙌 beautiful
I performed the sower who sowed the seeds parable in Godspell in High school. This amplified my understanding by leaps and bounds. Thank you.
The little bird can rest in the storm because god will take care of him. Have confidence and rest in peace the Lord will provide a way. People will think your nuts, but don't freak out, you'll be fine. The Lord is with you. I know you meant to say more, so I will watch this again. 🙏❤✌👵
I just wanted to leave a quick hello. 👋🏼 YHWH has put it on my heart over the last year or so to start a garden, but He has filled me with an urgency this year to really get started. I am overcome with excitement and joy and have pretty much been obsessing over it! This will sound weird, but It feels like he is calling me to the soil. I found your gardening book on Amazon and read it in one weekend! I had no clue at the time that you were such a strong follower of Christ. It’s no surprise that I feel a connection to you watching your videos and learning from you. I truly feel God led me to you to use you as my mentor through this process and to help bring to life the true meaning of what I’m meant to find on this journey. Thank you for being such an inspiration ❤
Wow, Jess! You are certainly spreading the seeds of God’s truths. Thank you! I am inspired and spiritually revived by this devotional.
Found this today June 3, 2021. I really needed this exact message at this exact time. Thank you for sharing this!