When working in the garden I find myself often reflecting upon stories, biblical studies or Sunday service messages.
I find as my mind wonders through these various thoughts it makes the garden chores seem more effortless and joyous.
Though it is the beginning of the winter months of the garden, where some of our plants will take a rest, while others slow down their growth process, there still quite a bit of work that needs to be done during this time. As I muddled my way begin to cleaning some of the flower beds and start pruning the roses and fruit trees for their winter rest, I found that these moments working in the garden is a peaceful time for reflection of one's soul.
Today, after a richly filled Sunday service I went into the garden to begin another section of work I had on my "to do" list. As I was cutting, pruning and cleaning this section of the garden, I found myself reflecting upon the Sunday message about keeping our hearts clean from the various webs of negative thoughts of self-doubts, anger, gossip and so on...
I began to realize that like a garden, our hearts need to be cleaned and pruned during all seasons. I found myself lost in thought as I was clearing out a flower bed of some old leaves and branches, thinking, that like a garden, the soil of our hearts need to continue to be maintained and nurtured for to prepare us for another season of life.
As I close my afternoon of work in the garden, I take a deep breathe of gratitude for these gifted moments to refresh my soul and spirit to prepare for another rich heartfelt birth of love and joy...
