Fruit of my labour!!!

Can you imagine the joy of harvesting fruits which you have work for it?

This was me!! When I went to harvest the 1st bunch of Jambus, I could feel the joy and I was smiling to myself. It’s so satisfying. I finally understand why people like gardening.

Err.. in case you think I planted the tree… no lah.. I only wrapped the flower after it flowered and watch it everyday.. hee hee. Packing prevents fruit flies from attacking it.

How about my Dragon fruit growing?? Ha ha, only 3 shrubs (is that what’s it’s called??) surviving one out of many many seeds I planted. So I started another pot last Friday, just in case!

So, what can I learn from this??

Some fruits are almost instant because the seeds have been planted and fertilised by others, or even for generations.

My JOB here on earth is to continue to plant seeds and fertilise other seeds until it bears fruit. I do not choose which seed to plant but all that I can find because in the end only some might grow. Planting also require faithfulness. I must be consistent in watering and nurturing them. I have the tendency to start, get excited, then abandon it and move to a new pot or even worse, move to a new hobby.

Let’s see how long I can last! Hee hee. So what's your Job here??

Also, I had a real experience of what it meant by “to be rooted in Christ”. One of the evening, it was raining so heavily. I only remembered my Dragon Fruit pot much later. The next day, thank goodness, the 3 shrubs were still there but they were not in their original position. We I put one out to check if it’s died, I saw only one short root, and so that’s the reason why they cannot withstand storm. So I have to start growing long roots.. ha ha…

Here's a picture of a Dragon Fruit flower bud. Hopefully it will grow. It's so beautiful. If you are interested, maybe i will take another picture when the bud gets bigger... NO!!... it's not what i planted. This plant probably is older then me.