Casting Away Stones and Building Terraces: The Soul's Vineyard
Ecclesiastes 3:5 speaks of "a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together." The primary meaning emerges from Eastern husbandry: vineyards...
This is historical examples on spiritual growth through struggle and seasons of clearing and building, drawing on Ecclesiastes 1:6.
Ecclesiastes 3:5 speaks of "a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together." The primary meaning emerges from Eastern husbandry: vineyards cultivated on steep valley sides required backbreaking labor. A husbandman must first cast away stones and clear the soil, then gather those same stones to build terraces for planting vines. This pattern illuminates the Christian soul.…
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