{"id":1046,"date":"2014-09-03T23:01:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T03:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/?p=1046"},"modified":"2014-09-03T23:01:57","modified_gmt":"2014-09-04T03:01:57","slug":"what-gets-fed-will-grow-wow-write-on-wednesday-takes-2-min-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/2014\/09\/03\/what-gets-fed-will-grow-wow-write-on-wednesday-takes-2-min-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT GETS FED \u2013 WILL GROW      (WOW! Write On Wednesday: Takes < 2 min.to read.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/stupefied-maxwell.66-175-236-136.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10402067_910437388969641_6089602479839198946_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1047 aligncenter\" alt=\"10402067_910437388969641_6089602479839198946_n\" src=\"https:\/\/stupefied-maxwell.66-175-236-136.plesk.page\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10402067_910437388969641_6089602479839198946_n-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10402067_910437388969641_6089602479839198946_n-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/10402067_910437388969641_6089602479839198946_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These flowers are from my garden. I grew them. I watered them. And for a short time, they bloomed and yielded beautiful flowers to personally enjoy and give to others. I don\u2019t have a particularly green thumb; admittedly it rained more than I watered them, but none the less, they got the nourishment they needed to grow.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, I\u2019ve been given indoor plants. They\u2019ve died. I\u2019ve been told they need to be watered. Real flowers and plants (as opposed to dried or artificial) take a lot of work. Bottom line: if I don\u2019t feed them, they don\u2019t grow. Feed them; they grow.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If I read my Bible, I <i>will<\/i> learn.<\/li>\n<li>If I obey what I read in the Bible, I <i>will <\/i>grow in that wisdom.<\/li>\n<li>If I eat too much I <i>will<\/i> gain weight.<\/li>\n<li>If I constantly complain I <i>will<\/i> grow into a sour old woman.<\/li>\n<li>If I feed the sin \u201cthat so easily entangles\u201d (Hebrews 12:1) it <i>will<\/i> grow.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The converse is true. What I don\u2019t feed, won\u2019t grow.<\/p>\n<p>As Joe and I have the privilege to mentor others, we see a trend. Not necessarily a good trend. We see young (and old) married couples ending their marriages because they refuse to feed their relationship with healthy doses of caring, respect, and honesty. (These are the 3 ingredients that make a marriage healthy according to author\/counselor\/speaker Leslie Vernick.) \u00a0We see singles choosing (intentionally) to act upon their desires and lusts feeding the wrong things \u2013 emotions, physical pleasure, etc. Some even say, \u201cGod will use my sin someday to teach others.\u201d Why not start now and become the learner who does what pleases God?<\/p>\n<p>It sounds so simple and easy; but it\u2019s not. It\u2019s hard. We all have the tendencies to feed our sin, our desires, etc. but it takes purposeful decisions to feed the right things that will yield a flower garden rather than weeds. Still, some insist they\u2019d rather grow, pick, and keep growing weeds; which like sin grows out of control and takes over if left unattended.<\/p>\n<p>What are <em>you<\/em> feeding? What gets fed \u2013 <i>will <\/i>grow.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; These flowers are from my garden. I grew them. I watered them. And for a short time, they bloomed and yielded beautiful flowers to personally enjoy and give to others. I don\u2019t have a particularly green thumb; admittedly it rained more than I watered them, but none the less, they got the nourishment they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[41,51,65,96,115],"class_list":["post-1046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-desires","tag-feed","tag-growth","tag-pleases-god","tag-sin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindiferrini.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}