Gardening in January
This brief respite from the cold and snow allowed me to get out and finally clean my flower and vegetable gardens (we have 3-4 beds around our home) and rake the leaves in our backyard. Due to the busyness of the fall, I neglected this essential garden care. The yard was looking quite ragged.
As I raked, I thought a lot about caring for myself as well. The work was so refreshing! I love gardening analogies and I clearly understand how tending to my yard in this way will produce a much more beautiful spring bloom.
The question arose; "How has God led me to tend to myself this year so that I - or my marriage - or my family - or this ministry might bloom?" There are two things God has specifically nudged me towards in 2008: (1) to focus on good management of the resources He has loaned to us, and (2) to work through a new prayer journal this year. As I progress, I hope to be able to share with you the beauty of these two goals as they bloom in our life.
