When you come to a tree, look at its branches and the ground around it for some acorns. Only oak trees have acorns as their fruits. Acorns have very many different shapes, but all of them pretty much look like acorns.Just like how all Christians look different, they should all still love God.
From late August through December, many species of oak are ripening for collection. Ripening dates are different from year to year and from state to state by as much as three to four weeks, making it very hard to use actual dates to determine maturity.
The best time to collect acorns, is when they begin falling. Best picking is late September to the first week in November, but it depends on oak tree species and location within the United States. The acorn is perfect when it is plump and the top of it comes off easy.
Now God is walking around picking us up and dusting us off and he WILL use you to create something beautiful (like a tree).
The two most important factors for caring for the acorns that you will plant are: not allowing the acorns to get dried out for a long time and not allowing the acorns to get too hot. Acorns will lose their ability to grow very quickly if they get dried out.
God does not want us to dry out. He gives us water (the Bible) and we will not get hot (have sin).
When you're picking your acorns you need to keep them in the shade, and put them in your refrigerator as soon as you can if you are not planting them right away. Do NOT freeze you acorns!
God will keep us under the shadow of the Almighty. He will keep us in the shade so we do not dry out.
Psalm 91:1 "He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty."
Germinating and Potting Acorns:
After figuring out when you want to plant your acorns, you should take the best looking acorns (plump and rot-free) and place them into very loose potting soil in one-gallon gardening pots or very deep containers. The tap root will grow very quickly down to the bottom of the containers, but the width of the root is not as important.
The Hebrew word for fat is, Dashen. It means, to be fat, grow fat, become fat, become prosperous, and anoint.
Just how the acorn is fat and plump, we as Christians are fat and prosperous.
When we are in Christ we are plump and rot-free!
Proverbs 28:25 "He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat."
When we put our trust in God and are living in his word, we are plump and rot-free!
Containers should have holes in the bottom for drainage. Place your acorns on their sides at a depth of one half to one times the width of the acorn. Keep the soil moist but still having air. Make sure your pots do NOT freeze!
Transplanting Acorns:Don't allow an oak seedling’s tap root to grow out of the bottom of the container and into the soil below. This will break the tap root. If it is possible, seedlings should be moved as soon as the first leaves open and become firm. But before the root gets to deep. The planting hole should be twice as wide and deep as the pot and root ball. be very careful and remove the root hall. Gently set the root ball in the hole with the root crown on the soil surface. Fill the hole with soil, firmly tamp it and soak.
God will soak us in His word so we can grow and be a beautiful Christian (oak tree) :D
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