After much anticipation and unfortunate timing of heavy rains, I began to dig my sweet potato crop last week. Much to my suspicion, and with heartbreak, I discovered the crop to be full of large cracks and not near the quality I needed to sell it at the farmer's market. Always wanting to see the blessing even in the negative things, I let my dream of bringing those large baskets full of sweet deliciousness to market go, and got excited about having ugly, but tasty, sweet potatoes for my family all winter. I left the harvest in the ground to deal with at a later time.
This morning I revisited the sweet potato patch. With more rain forecasted came a sense or urgency to get them out of the dirt. As I began to dig along the surface it was if I felt God saying "Dig a little deeper." As I plunged the pitchfork into the rich earth I began to find potato after potato...some were smooth and perfect, some rough and ugly..but I uncovered so much more than I had expected.
If you have reached a point in your life where you feel as if you have uncovered all of that God has for you, I urge you to revisit your dreams, "Dig a little deeper". The harvest is larger than you ever imagined.
Joel 3:13
Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe; come, get down and tread the grapes, for the winepress is full; the vats overflow.
