Of Gifts and Gardening

Salvation is a seed that God gives to us as a free gift. However, for this gift to survive, it must be watered by faith and matured through works. Just because it is a gift doesn't mean that it can survive alone. How saddened and angry would you be if you gave a loved one a gift, one which you spent much time effort to possess and give, only to find that he or she let it waste away? Don't you think it hurts God in the same way when we, who have recieved such a precious gift, allow it to waste away?