A Gardening Master

I love how the Lord had Jeremiah go down to the Potter's House and watch the work for the message he was to give to Israel. Yesterday I was at a master gardener's house, Joe, an elderly gentleman, who grows plants and flowers for the local nurseries. He was showing me his marigolds and I noticed that all the buds that would have been blooming had been clipped off. He then explained. He doesn't let them bloom too early. The clipping off of would be fruit strengthens the plant and makes it much larger than it would have been had he let it bloom. It also prolongs its life into the fall.

This is true not only in plant life but in our lives.