Seven of Everything

This is a continuation of the previous posts: Keeping the Proper Focus in Life . and Does Grace Really Save You? Here I want to explore the full extent of the pole vaulting analogy. I'm going to outline the fourteen graces mentioned in the previous post and describe how each one is symbolic of the God's plan of salvation for us, his children. The first element is the person. The person is symbolic on many different levels. He could be symbolic of you, the individual. He could be symbolic of the family unit or an organization, like a church group or unit, an entire church body, a company, a state, a nation or the world as a whole. Ultimately, the body of Christ is represented here. He is the life of the world . We are to become like him. The second element is the pole. This is symbolic of the word of God, the iron rod , or all truth. The word of God can be learned through two methods: One, through hearing the words or reading the writings of His authorities, and two, t...

This is a continuation of my blog post titled: Keeping the Proper Focus in Life . Here, I want to explore two aspects of the pole vaulting analogy - grace and works. I initially joined the track team when I was a sophomore in high school because I had seen my oldest brother do it and I loved running. He blazed the trail and I gained the courage to try something new that now seemed possible. My senior year, after joining pole vaulting, I knew I would need help because I had no skills. I relied on my teammates to teach me the rules. I trusted the most skilled members of the team and treated the one with the personal trainer as a coach. I practiced as the season progressed and when the time came we went to our first track meet. I signed in with the officials and when they said it was time to start, I ran down the track, placed the pole in the box and jumped. The bar was set to the minimum height which I had to pass to continue on; that height was eight feet. (To give you an idea, the...

I just finished a book called All New Square Foot Gardening by Mel Bartholomew. This is my summary of the book and principles of square foot gardening. Some of this material is quoted from the book. This is in order of chronological set-up not necessarily "seven structure" order: 1 Box size and Placement 2 Build up 3 Nutrient Rich Soil Mix 4 Grid structure 5 Plant 6 Water 7 Harvest 1 - Standard square foot gardening is done in squares of up to four feet in one dimension. A square foot garden would typically consist of several 4X4 foot squares. The idea behind the size is to optimize the amount of food grown in a small area. It does not take any tilling and is not organized in the standard single row style. You could think of it like putting four rows together, thus optimizing your garden space. A typical person's arm reach is comfortably two feet long, and therefore to reach in more than that would get difficult. The four foot maximum dimention is so you can...