What Makes "Good" Soil Good?

(from Sunday's teaching on Mt. 13, btw)


farmers & scientific types tell us that soil good for growing crops (often called "loam") contains a mixture of

1. clay (40%)
   
2. sand (40%)
   
3. silt (20%)
   

clay helps retain moisture;
sand helps release moisture;
silt is the result of water or rock grinding out just about everything but the really fine flour-like particles of soil ("dust in the wind" - thank you, Kansas).

our lives likewise must retain (hold fast) certain things, release (turn loose) certain things, and mix in certain things.

what i see the Scripture telling us to hold fast to (retain) is:

1. the Word (1 cor 15:2)
   
2. our Hope (1 tim 6:12)
   
3. His Name (rev 2:13)

what i see the Scripture telling us to turn loose of (release) is:

1. the early stuff (heb 6:1)
2. every weight (heb 12:1)
3. the sin (heb 12:1)

what i see the Scripture telling us about mixing in is

1. it's all good (rom 8:28)
2. He's making something out of us (1 pet 2:5)

ok, that's my $.02. what else do you see the Lord telling us to lay hold of, turn loose of, & mix into our lives?


chime in!