Apples, Bananas, and Books September 14, 2007
Posted by carpebanana in : Ramblings , 2commentsMy nightstand currently holds a book by Martin Luther which I am wading through, bite by bite. Today this morsel (from a different book) is on the table: “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.” That sums up my conclusion after 9-11, although of course, in my case, it is actually banana plants.
Which reminds me of a section from Elisabeth Elliot’s The Shaping of a Christian Family:
A talented woman was asked by a friend, “Why have you never written a book?”
“I am writing two,” was the quiet reply. “I have been engaged on one for ten years, the other five.”
“You surprise me!” the friend said. “What profound works they must be!”
“It does not yet appear what they shall be,” said the woman. “But when He makes up His jewels, my great ambition is to find them there.”
“Your children?”
“Yes, my two children. They are my life’s work.”
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How good that Martin planted trees. They continue to bear much fruit.