Topsy Turvy, Tomatoes, & Christians

Turning the World Upside Down

It’s October and my spring garden has wilted and crumbled.  It’s strange, but I can’t say that I’m sad.  I love working in dirt and growing things, but the squirrels and bugs tormented me this year.  My son and I were heartbroken to find jagged teeth marks in our beautiful, red tomatoes. We both secretly wished that the squirrels would mistake our habanera peppers for tomatoes and learn the hard way to stay out of our garden.  Unfortunately, they never touched the peppers.

We did get some good tomatoes this year despite the pests.  I tried one of those highly advertised growing hangers, called a “Topsy Turvy.”  After viewing the fabulous bounty that these hangers produced in an infomercial, I rushed out to buy one.  It didn’t seem possible that anything could grow upside down, but I was willing to give it a try.

It worked.  I’m not sure what made the inventor think of such an unconventional idea.  It literally turns conventional gardening upside down.  My plants grew hanging completely upside down and away from the sun.  It was amazing.

Every time I looked at the topsy turvy planter, I remembered how Christ turned the world upside down.  The whole salvation story defies convention.  He was born of a virgin, walked as man to teach and preach about God, and died to save the world.  That is truly the most amazing story ever told.  There is no one else that has ever come close to doing anything so spectacular.

(In the Bible) Paul visited Thessalonica and he went straight to the Jews.  For three Sabbaths, he told them the extraordinary story of Christ.  Some of them believed, including many of the devout Greeks and many women, and they wanted to help Paul and Silas.  But many Jews were angered by the story and wanted to throw Paul and Silas out of the city to shut them up.  They attacked the house of Jason where Paul and Silas were staying.

Acts 17:6-7 reads: (King James Version)

⁶And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, these that have turned the world upside down are come hither also;
⁷Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus.

Thousands of years ago, people recognized that Christ and His plan of salvation turned the world upside down.  Jesus will turn your world upside down. With Him, you will never be the same.  Being a Christian defies the conventional, but it’s the only way that to grow/go.

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