Placed in our hands

I read something in a book called Medical Ministry this morning that made me see something in a new way.   

If men would open their understanding to discern the relation between nature and nature's God, faithful acknowledgments of the Creator's power would be heard. Without the life of God, nature would die. His creative works are dependent on Him. He bestows life-giving properties on all that nature produces. We are to regard the trees laden with fruit as the gift of God, just as much as though He placed the fruit in our hands. (page 8)

Two Sunday's ago David noticed that out of our two pecan trees, one actually bore fruit! We've been here three years and each year he has spent time pruning them and I've invested time watering them. Other than that, we haven't done anything else. We weren't really expecting anything, but were pleasantly surprised when the Lord placed 3 pounds of pecans in our hands. Now all we need is this Texas Nutsheller  ;)

I didn't know it but pecans have two shells. One is a soft shell that comes off easily. That's what we're doing in the picture below.