Planting our Crops Tuesday, June 10, 2008

We sure have been busy! We are finally finding some time to catch everyone up with what we are doing. Many of us have shared how vegetables are constantly on our minds and that we are even dreaming about them. The excitement is still as strong as the first day we stepped out onto the grassy quarter acre that was to be our garden. We have been coming out almost every Saturday of the month, and even some evenings we work in our garden. We are staying quite busy. From day one of taking off the sod, to the present day of finishing planting and taking care of our veggies, it has been an experience that is helping us to grow and mature along with our plants.

The moment that we step out onto the soil and walk into our garden, there is such a peace and happiness that fills our hearts. Many of us have commented on the enjoyment and stress relief that we find when we come together in the garden. So many times the stresses of this world and the evil get us saddened. Once we are working in the garden, we feel like we have our own special place to think about the Lord and admire His amazing creation while we are taking care of our vegetables.

When we were planting the flowers in the front, we were all a jitter inside because we could see the pretty shapes that were forming and the instant pleasure of our work. Each session in the garden brings us closer as friends too. Together, we have all been learning what “gardening” truly means. We all have a common purpose; to make the garden grow and prosper just like we as Christians all have the common goal to tell others about Christ and continue to make ourselves ready for His appearing.

You will see the development in the slideshow of how we got started and each step that we have done so far, such as: removing sod, digging up our ground for aeration, adding topsoil and manure, planting flowers and vegetable plants/seeds. We find that it types the process to how a Christian’s life starts. We have to take off the world, cleanse ourselves of all evil, and completely die to ourselves before we are ready for the Lord to come inside of us and live in us. Once that Seed is living in us, it is a daily work for us to water and protect It from all worldly enemies or anything that might cause the Holy Spirit to move away from us. What a blessed people we are to have this opportunity.