A little Spiritual Gardening

Major's musings taken from the core newsletter.

September, the beginning of autumn and our thoughts turn to the 'season of mists and mellow fruitfulness'

I love gardens but I'll be the first to admit I'm not much of a gardener, However, I do know that autumn is the time to plant bulbs  if you want spring flowers in your garden next year. The following are not bulbs, but can be planted in the garden of our lives on a daily basis, any time of the year.

PLANT 3 ROWS of PEAS:

1.       Peace of mind

2.       Peace of heart

3.       Peace of soul

PLANT 4 ROWS of LETTUCE:

1.       Lettuce be faithful

2.       Lettuce be kind

3.       Lettuce be patient

4.       Lettuce really love each other

PLANT 4 ROWS of SQUASH:

1.       Squash gossip

2.       Squash indifference

3.       Squash grumbling

4.       Squash selfishness.

NO GARDEN is RIGHT without TURNIP:

1.       Turnip for meetings

2.       Turnip for service

3.       Turnip to help each other

TO FINISH OUR GARDEN WE MUST HAVE THYME

1.       Thyme for each other

2.       Thyme for families

3.       Thyme for friends

Water freely with patience and cultivate with love. There will be much fruit in your garden because you reap what you sow.

God bless you, Ruth Dykes, (Major)

 

Galatians 5:22-23

²² But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 

 ²³ gentleness, self-control. 

Against such there is no law.