This is the podcast of Jonathan David and Melissa Helser.

In this episode, Melissa shares her thoughts on sustainability,

the mindset of seeing beyond ourselves to plant an orchard of the nature of God for the generations to come. I'm not going to eat this apple, but I'm going to get a homeschool teacher on you in about 10 minutes.

Did you all know that I'm a homeschool teacher?

Yeah. I have strong opinions about education,

but I'm not going to talk about them right now.

What I'm going to talk about today is sustainability.

Man, I feel the the Holy Spirit so strong.

I just want to fall on the floor.

Because I am a lover of the Holy Ghost.

But I have notes. And the reason I have notes is because I'm an external processor.

And once I get up here, if I don't stick to my notes, who knows what I'll talk about.

I want to start with a beautiful quote that I heard in a movie that I recently just watched.

Ready?

There is nothing I admire more than someone who is planting trees under whose shade they may never sit.

There is nothing I admire more than someone who is planting trees under whose shade they may never sit.

Psalm 102. 18 says, let this be written for a future generation that a people not yet created may praise the Lord.

I want to propose some thoughts.

Sustainability is a super hot word right now.

Yeah?

All the hipsters in the house say, hey, with my little rooftop garden, growing lettuce, you know, I don't have a

rooftop garden, I have a real garden but.

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