Thursday, May 24, 2007
GOD'S GARDEN
God's Garden is not really a place where flowers grow. It is a place where people grow. It is where all of us are right now. We are always in this garden from the time we are born until the time we die. Hopefully in life we will grow in the right direction and that direction is toward God. We are all here for the same reason. We are on our way home to God. Sometimes on this trip home we will grow slowly like a flower. Other times we will have to sprout and grow wings like a bird in order to fly there. Either way it will be a rough journey and growing is usually a pretty painful process. Our lives here are not about what we are going to get. Our lives here are about what we are going to give. And not about the love we received but the love that we gave. Many did not understand the ambitious violet (this is one of the poems below). They thought she should be happy with who she was and criticized her. But she was the most magnificent and glorious flower in the whole garden. She was not concerned with who she was and didn't insist on being herself. Nor did she succumb to the pressures of becoming who others wanted her to be. She gave up her life of living safely in the shade with all the other violets and chose to become the tallest flower in the garden so that she could reach closer to God. Please scroll along safely through the garden and be careful not to step on any of the other flowers. And by all means please feed the birds. They are growing wings and need strength for the flight ahead.
Retro;
FEVER.9:16 PM
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