Dear Family & Friends at Trinity,

As I tend my garden and watch the seedlings grow into plants.  I try to keep up on pulling the weeds and watering when the ground is dry.

I think of how God has a hand in the rain, sun and the wind.   I pray that my garden will have a bountiful harvest.  And I also pray the same for our farmer’s who tend their crops.   

I found these articles about gardening.

Tips for gardeners

“Love is to the heart what the summer is to the farmer’s year,” said evangelist Billy Graham.

“It brings to harvest all the loveliest flowers of the soul.” Without summer, our gardens would disappoint, and without love, our hearts wouldn’t bloom.

The warmth of summer and love aren’t the only ingredients required for abundant physical and spiritual crops, however. Discernment and persistence ensure fruitful yields in both areas. “Unless we know the difference between flowers and weeds, we are not fit to take care of a garden,” advised Clyde Francis Lytle. “It is not enough to have truth planted in our minds. We must learn and labor to keep the ground clear of thorns and briars, follies and perversities, which have a wicked propensity to choke the word of life.”

Gardening Humor

There’s the story of the minister who was making a wooden trellis to support a climbing vine.

As he was pounding away, he noticed that a little boy was watching him. The youngster didn’t say a word, so the preacher kept on working, thinking the lad would leave. But he didn’t.

Pleased at the thought that his work was being admired, the pastor finally said, “Well, son, trying to pick up some pointers on gardening?”

“No,” he replied. “I’m just waiting to hear what a preacher says when he hits his thumb with a hammer.”

—Homiletics

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