Our family is growing a bigger garden this year, and we’re still learning that it requires more attention than we gave our smaller garden in previous years. So this morning I went out to work while it was still reasonably cool, i.e., below 90 degrees, which is relatively cool for 9 a.m. on June 22 in central Texas.
My wife and I had discovered that the mid-section of our garden had (overnight?) become overgrown with 4 feet tall weeds. While we had been tending corn, lettuce, spinach and potatoes, our tomatoes, peppers and black-eyed peas were disappearing behind the inedibles.
After about an hour and a half, I was just about spent. I’d filled 2 huge trash cans full of weeds. The space wasn’t clear, but at least we can now see the ground when we want to navigate from point A to point B.
Bending over to pull up a last handful of weeds, I thought how tending the garden was similar to what I’ve been doing in both the business and personal areas of my life: expanding, and then learning what it takes to maintain the new levels that I desire. I realized that the insight came from God, and so I thanked Him, acknowledging that I wasn’t smart enough to make that connection on my own.
Here was His response, “I know. That’s why I told you, son.” I think I’ll keep listening for what He says next.
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