I'm going to plant a garden!

How To Plant Your Garden

First, you come to the garden alone, while the dew is still on the roses...

FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING,

PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS:



1. Peace of mind

2. Peace of heart

3. Peace of soul

PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:

1. Squash gossip
2. Squash indifference
3. Squash grumbling
4. Squash selfishness





PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE:

1. Lettuce be faithful
2. Lettuce be kind
3. Lettuce be patient
4. Lettuce really love one another




NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS:


1. Turnip for meetings
2. Turnip for service

3. Turnip to help one another




TO CONCLUDE, OUR GARDEN WE MUST HAVE THYME:


1. Thyme for each other
2. Thyme for family
3. Thyme for friends

WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE

THERE IS MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW

*Snap, Snap, Snap*

In a brief conversation, a man asked a woman he was pursuing the question: 'What kind of man are you looking for?'

She sat quietly for a moment before looking him in the eye & asking, 'Do you really want to know?'

Reluctantly, he said, 'Yes.

She began to expound, 'As a woman in this day & age, I am in a position to ask a man what can you do for me that I can't do for myself?

I pay my own bills. I take care of my household without the help of any man..... or woman for that matter.

I am in the position to ask, 'What can you bring to the table?'

The man looked at her. Clearly he thought that she was referring to money.

She quickly corrected his thought & stated, 'I am not referring to money. I need something more. I need a man who is striving for excellence in every aspect of life.

He sat back in his chair, folded his arms, & asked her to explain.

She said, 'I need someone who is striving for excellence mentally because I need conversation & mental stimulation. I don't need a simple-minded man...

I need someone who is striving for excellence spiritually because I don't need to be unequally yoked...believers mixed with unbelievers is a recipe for disaster.

I need a man who is striving for excellence financially because I don't need a financial burden.

I need someone who is sensitive enough to understand what I go through as a woman, but strong enough to keep me grounded..

I need someone who has integrity in dealing with relationships. Lies and game-playing are not my idea of a strong man.

I need a man who is family-oriented. One who can be the leader, priest and provider to the lives entrusted to him by God.

I need someone whom I can respect. In order to be submissive, I must respect him.

I cannot be submissive to a man who isn't taking care of his business. I have no problem being submissive...he just has to be worthy.

And by the way, I am not looking for him...He will find me. He will recognize himself in me. Hey may not be able to explain the connection, but he will always be drawn to me. God made woman to be a help-mate for man. I can't help a man if he can't help himself.

When she finished her spill, she looked at him. He sat there with a puzzled look on his face.

He said, 'You are asking a lot.

She replied, "I'm worth a lot".

Blessed and highly favored

I don't know about you but I serve a good God! A God who understands my tears and even reads my blog. Remember last night I wrote about being sad and my overall feelings of melancholy? Well the Lord heard my cry because he woke me up feeling anew. I woke up with a peace and happiness in my heart, something I haven't felt in a while. I'm a person who gets more from music than from an actual sermon (my mother would kill me if she heard me say that) and this morning the Lord was in charge of my Pandora because the first song that played was Mary Mary's Yesterday and throughout the morning as I ate breakfast, dressed, and even drove to church, He didn't stop ministering to me in song. Even the choir's musical selection but into perspective how good God is to me. How he continues to protect me, how he steps right in on time. I have too much to be thankful for, too much to praise Him about to be depressed. Yes I'm blessed and highly favored and I will not allow the devil to steal my joy...again (lol).

My morning prayer

Dear Lord,

So far today I'm doing alright.

I haven't gossiped, lost my temper, been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or self indulgent. I haven't whined, complained, cursed, or eaten chocolate. I haven't charged anything on my credit cards.

But I'll be getting out of bed in a minute and I think that I will really need your help then.

By: Anonymous

Have a Happy Sabbath everyone and don't sweat the small stuff, hand it over to the Lord. He got you!

When the enemy comes in like a flood...

I worked this past Saturday so I wasn't able to go to church. As I drove to the hospital, I played one of my favorite gospel CD's Standard by Witness. The title track Standard played as I drove through terrible wind and rain. As I sang along as I've done hundreds of times before, I began to cry as I actually thought about the words I was singing. So many times God has allowed storms in our lives to help us grow, mature and build character but not once has He left us alone. It's such a great comfort knowing you are not battling Satan alone, all you have to do is seek help from above and you know that God will lift up a standard against him.

It doesn't matter what the enemy might bring my way, cuz Jesus promised me there's gonna be a brighter day

No weapon formed against me shall prosper because I am an overcomer, I got the victory, He's my deliver...

*Listen to this powerful track below and pay special attention to the words. I hope you'll be as blessed as I was*

If you ever feel like God cannot use you, remember....

I came across this on my friend Shane's blog and just had to re-blog. He did as well so I have no idea where it originated but:

If you ever feel like God cannot use you, remember....

Noah was a drunk, Abraham was too old, Isaac was a daydreamer, Jacob was a liar, Leah was ugly, Joseph was abused, Moses had a stuttering problem, Gideon was afraid, Sampson had long hair and was a womanizer, Rahab was a prostitute, Jeremiah and Timothy were too young, David had an affair and was a murderer, Elijah was suicidal, Isaiah preached naked, Jonah ran from God, Naomi was a widow, Job went bankrupt, John the Baptist ate bugs, Peter denied Christ, The Disciples fell asleep while praying, Martha worried about everything , The Samaritan woman was divorced, more than once, Zaccheus was too small, Paul was too religious, Timothy had an ulcer… AND Lazarus was dead!

In His hands

I've been going through a very difficult situation lately. It's been so rough that it has kept me up some nights, I would burst into tears at a moments notice, and at one point I even became withdrawn from my loved ones. On Sabbath morning, I woke up and turned on my Pandora Yolanda Adams station and what was the first song that played? This too shall pass!! The chorus spoke volumes to me:

This too shall pass

Like every night before it

He'll never give you more than you can bear

This too shall pass

So in this thought be comforted

It's in His hands

This too shall pass

It was in that moment that I thought, "What is there that my God can't do?". Why am I carrying this burden alone? I made the decision to put my dilemma in His hands and what a weight has been lifted off my shoulders!

What are carrying that you should turn over to Him?