THE GARDEN OF MY HEART
One day while thinking about my garden
God showed me how I could think
about my soul in a different way.
As with a flower garden!
God gave us this beautiful garden (our soul).
It is a beautiful garden with every kind of flower
that He envisions for us.
He is giving us this garden to tend
to and we are free to do whatever
we want with our garden .
When we die, we present to God
our garden that He first gave to us.
I thought about everything that it
takes to make a beautiful garden and
how much deliberate effort it takes
to keep the garden free of
weeds and the flowers blooming.
A garden needs sunshine,
which I see is God and His love for us.
A garden needs water,
which I see is the life-giving grace
that He freely gives to us.
In order to have strong and
beautiful flowers and plants,
Fertilizer is needed to feed
and nourish the soil and the flowers.
In order for a garden to do well,
the soil needs to be tilled and broken up.
I see this as the struggles and problems
we have in our life.
God lets things happen in our life in order
to soften and nourish the ground (our soul)
so that the flowers can have a perfect environment to grow.
By cooperating with the grace that God gives us
and being open to His will, we are allowing the seeds
that He has sown for us to grow.
Of course a garden has weeds
that always seem to pop up {human problems}.
Unless we keep control of these weeds
they can overtake our garden and
choke out all the flowers that were thriving.
I see the weeds as the sin and vice
that can be in our lives and that can
keep us from being more closely united to God.
We are free to ignore or pay attention to
Our personal gift from God.
God planted the flowers and it's up to us
to nourish and tend our garden.
Finally I see that
We never planted the flowers
and the plants in our garden.
Our garden is perfectly suited for us
according to Gods eternal plan.
God planted the flowers and it's up to us
to nourish and tend our garden
so that everything God has planned for us
can truly be, and that at the end of our life
our garden will be most pleasing to our "Father".
Author Unknown
GOOD MORNING
!With the coming of Spring my thoughts turn to flower gardens and believe me when I say mine needs a lot of weeding and nourishment. Inside and outside and in-between.
I’ve been tending this garden of mine for many years and even though I may win the battle with some of the pests one year, the next year it seems new ones turn up. It’s a life long job tending this garden of mine and hopefully by the time I get it all over and done with, it will be a pleasing place.
I’m back to the warm sweater and my wool socks today. BrrrChill ! It’s cold again !!! All the way through Easter weekend it will be in the 30’s or low 40’s here.
It was soooooo great to be warm for a few days!
TODAY’S THOUGHT
Before It Is Too Late
If you've a tender message
Or a loving word to say
Don't wait 'til you forget it
But whisper it today.
We live but in the present,
The future is unknown
Tomorrow is a mystery,
Today is all our own.
The tender words unspoken
The letters never sent
The long forgotten messages
The wealth of love unspent.
For these some hearts are breaking
For these some loved ones wait
So show them that you care for them
Before it is too late.
May your day be blessed with a few SMILES and lots of SUNSHINE to warm your heart !
MA
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6 comments:
OH yes its COLD BRRRRRRR I got an alert of a freeze tonight and my lilacks are just budding
This entry really hit home with me in a few ways. Thank you. Keep warm my friend.
Pam
Yes I got all geared up to tidy up our garden ...then the cold weather returned ...love Jan xx
The garden of my heart could definitely use a little cultivating today. Thanks for the reminder.
It's rainy and chilly here today. But you know me by now, I like all kinds of weather. : )
I hope your day was filled with smiles,
Angela
Thanks for stopping by my journal! I was outside all last weekend, now today it's back to freezing rain, ick. No gardening for me just yet, hopefully soon...
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