A tin and a packet of seeds…

But first some thoughts from Paul about how to do life with Jesus. This is what Paul says:

‘ There has been no temptation that has taken you that isn’t common to people: but God is faithful, who will not let you be tempted more than you are able to cope with; but with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to cope with it.’ 1Corinthians 10:13

He then says in Hebrews 4: 15, 16

‘ Jesus is our High Priest who is sympathetic because He was tempted as we are but didn’t sin and we can come confidently to Him to get mercy and find grace in our time of need.’

We are then encouraged by Paul with these words:

‘ Look to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith who for the joy of fulfilling God’s purpose endured the intense social disgrace, humiliation and mockery of the crucifixion not as a final verdict but a passing irrelevant insult and now sits at the right hand of God.’

There is power in the name of Jesus. He is there for you. Pray in His name.

Now for a memory from childhood and a packet of seeds. First the tin. It is a Milo tin. I can’t remember when I first saw the tin but it certainly was always on the shelf. It was a time when ‘grocery shopping’ happened once a month. The beginning of the month. That was when the new Milo tin came into the pantry. Sometimes we girls would take a teaspoon and eat it neat. It stuck on your teeth and dried your tounge and left a long lasting taste of chocolate. Sometimes we forgot to take the teaspoon out as we were too much in a hurry to put the flat tin lid back with a pop as it snapped into its groove.

I think that is how most of this brown crumbly powder disappeared rather than in milk!

Milo the name, was derived from the famous ancient Greek athlete with legendry strength, Milo of Croton. It was originally developed in Australia by Thomas Mayne an inventor and industrial chemist and launched at the Sydney Royal Easter Show in 1934. Not long after the show Nestlé in New South Wales started producing the product.

The tin in green depicts various sporting activities like badminton or football. Mayne intended it to be a drink to help children to get enough nutrients into their diet. His formula contained: malt extract, full cream milk powder, cocoa, sugar, mineral salts, Iron and vitaminA, D and B¹. (I read that the sugar content is quite high.)

I washed out the tin, looked at it for a moment and then wanted to remember those times as a child with a teaspoon in a small hand popping the lid open. Today it has a gift of daffidols slowly opening as slowly as the contents dwindled over the month until the new tin came.

Ah, those were the days.

Now for the packet of seeds. Today I will plant them. Two hundred of them, the packet says! I switched on the heating yesterday for the ground to warm up in the propagater and I am excited to grow our first straw flowers. They will take 7- 15 days to germinate. Hopefully they will all be out in the garden as small plants by the time we travel again.

Apparently one must make sure the seed is fresh and the soil well drained. I hope the rain will stop for a while by the time they go out. The weather does as it pleases, the gardener hopes.

Here is a thought:

‘Words are also seeds, and when dropped into the invisible spiritual substance, they grow and bring forth after their kind.’ Charles Fillmore

Take care,

Sandy 🙂