Feeble Plants Receive Special Care—“Ye are God’s husbandry.” As one takes pleasure in the cultivation of a garden, so the Lord takes pleasure in His believing sons and daughters. A garden demands constant labor. The weeds must be removed; new plants must be set out; branches that are making too rapid a development must be pruned back. So the Lord works for His garden, the plants of the Lord. He cannot take pleasure in any development that does not reveal the graces of the character of Christ. The blood of Christ has made men and women God’s precious charge. Then how careful each one should be not to manifest too much freedom in pulling up the plants the Lord has placed in His garden. Some plants are so feeble that they have hardly any life in them, and for these the Lord has a special care (Manuscript 39, 1896).{6BC 1086.8}

Svage planter får en særlige omhu.--"I er Guds ager." Ligesom nogen fornøjer sig ved at dyrke en have, ligeså fornøjer herren sig over Sine troende sønner og døtre. En have kræver konstant arbejde. Ukrudtet må fjernes, nye planter må plantes ud, grene der udvikler sig for hurtigt må skæres tilbage. Ligeså arbejder Herren i Sin have, Herrens planter. Han har ikke behag i nogen anden udvikling, som ikke åbenbarer Kristi karakter. Kristi blod har gjort mænd og kvinder til Guds dyrebare varetægt. Hvor påpasselige skal man da ikke være for at ikke rykke de planter op, som Herren har sat i Sin have. Nogle planter er så svage at der knapt er liv i dem, og disse har Herren særlig omhu for (MS 39, 1896).