The serious gardener
True peace is found in faith. Christianity is my foundation for building patience, joy, humor, trust, respect, and other virtues. Faith makes joyful moments more meaningful and the difficult ones bearable.
Jack can entertain himself for almost an hour playing with dirt, feeling its gritty bits sift through his soft fingers and analyzing its properties with scientific concentration. I watch in awe of his God-given curiosity in nature’s beauty. This moment is bigger than Jack or I. There is divine goodness and love at work. I thank God for this time.
And, I ask Him for help, so very, very much help when I’m fiercely taking a hair dryer to Jack’s shoes so we can get to church on time after he has just dropped them in the dog’s water bowl, and this after I’ve said ten times excuse me, we do not put things in Cowboy’s bowl because that’s disrespectful to our loving dog who graciously tolerates you and now, sir, you might have to wear stinky, soppy shoes to church because the Lord isn’t going to be put on hold for stinky, soppy. God help us!”
Dwelling Divine 