Apricots

We planted some fruit trees some five years ago; The peaches produced more than you'd guess would grow. The apricot sits there, does nothing each year. Brings up a reminder a parable made clear: A man had a fig tree right there in his garden. He came seeking fruit, but instead, he found none. He said to the keeper, "These years I've come seeking; Three seasons I've waited, and now expect some. I think that it's time that we stopped, brought this tree down. Why let it continue to use up the ground?” The gardener said, "Sir Let’s leave it another; I'll add some manure, turned into the roots. If still nothing happens then we'll cut it down, but I am quite hopeful that it will bear fruit.” My fruit tree, a lesson, but I'm not the keeper; No, I’m just a fruit tree my maker has wrought. He's Lord of the harvest and we are His garden. Some children are peaches, and some, apricots. ---------- After 5 full years, it looks like we have blooms this year. Very excited!