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planted everywhere

James 1:1 (JDV)

James 1:1 James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ: To the twelve tribes planted everywhere. Greetings.

planted everywhere

Penny and I have a place where we put garden vegetables in containers near our parsonage. We also have another place about a mile from our home where we plant most of our garden. It has more room and can be tilled and tended more easily, and the soil is better. Both places are special to us because we get to see how God is providing, and we get to be part of the process.

When James addressed his listeners, he told them that they were planted everywhere. That was no mistake. God’s plan is to reach his entire world, and he uses his twelve tribes to do the reaching. We are a diverse lot, but that also helps, because some plants thrive better in some soils than others. He calls some Christians to other places sometimes, but each of us can seek to bloom where we are planted right now.