{"id":455,"date":"2011-09-17T10:04:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T14:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/smalltownamerica\/?p=455"},"modified":"2011-09-23T09:29:49","modified_gmt":"2011-09-23T13:29:49","slug":"fix-your-barn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/smalltownamerica\/2011\/09\/fix-your-barn.html","title":{"rendered":"Fix Your Barn"},"content":{"rendered":"

As we travel around the rural area where I live, there are hundreds of barns to see.\u00a0 Some are top of the line; huge, with fresh paint and a new roof.\u00a0 Others look like they have been neglected for years.\u00a0 If you had a barn, what would it look like?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0Is it large, with many attached buildings or small and efficient?\u00a0Does it have fresh paint; white or red?\u00a0 Is the roof in good repair or do bats and swallows find a way in?\u00a0 Are the barn sides in disrepair so that little creatures can come in and make their homes there?<\/p>\n

Barns are used for many things.\u00a0 Among them, storing equipment, storing harvested grain, storing, seed grain, fixing farm machines, and playing hide and seek.\u00a0 Barns are used for shelter for the animals one has; cows,pigs, sheep, goats, horses, llamas, or even camels.<\/p>\n

Some barns have milking rooms where the dairy cows are milked.\u00a0 Some have coolers and egg crates for all the eggs the chickens lay.\u00a0 Some even have on sight slaughter houses to butcher their own beef, pork and chickens.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>What do you use your barn for?\u00a0 Your spiritual barn.\u00a0 Is it in good repair?\u00a0 Does it need some fresh paint?\u00a0 Our spiritual barns are used in much the same way the natural ones are.\u00a0 We store our good seed; ready for planting.\u00a0 We keep our equipment in them; things like our knowledge of the Word, our testimonies, our hearts of compassion, and our love for people.\u00a0 This is where we keep our giftings in good repair and practice to keep the anointing flowing.<\/p>\n

When harvest time comes our barns should be swept and clean, ready to recieve the new souls we have brought into the kingdom.\u00a0 Although we don’t stuff our new converts into a barn, we should have a place in our lives ready to love and counsel them; to encourage and guide them.\u00a0 Otherwise, they may fall back into their old lifestyles.\u00a0 Our barns are a place of nurture and safety.<\/p>\n

So, keep your barns in good shape so we can do our jobs with excellent and bring glory to our God in all things.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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