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I come from a family that grows sugar canes for a living. We've seen good harvest seasons and bad harvest seasons. But through it all the Good Lord has been faithfull in seeing us through. During harvest seasons where it falls at a time when there is a drought sugar planters scramble to put up the best irrigation systems to water the newly planted fields. This way the plants' growth would not be compromised although water coming out of the irrigation systems will not suffice the plants' much needed nutrients or the lack thereof. You see rain or the amount of water that a sugar cane recieves when there is a downpour of rain contains an element not found in the amount of water coming out of the irrigation systems. Rain water contains nitrogen, this element is produced when there is lightning. And nitrogen is a major ingredient in the growth of a sugar cane. Equal amounts of sunlight, rain and chemical fertilizers provides a good balance in the growth of a sugar cane plant. Having the right nutrients will produce a good harvest. It is somehow the same with our spiritual walk isn't it? You can't just come to church on Sundays and say this is it, this will suffice for the whole week! ... if there are people refered to as couch potatoes then there should be Sunday pew potatoes as well?

Haggai 1:5-7