Day 17 – Seeds and Gardens

7 years ago we began the plotting and planning phase of our gardens here in Federal Way. We had trees and grass but no flowers or blooming bushes. Step by step and project by project we tended to the earth on this small plot that God has granted us. Sometimes it seemed ever so slowly in growth, yet today the blooms burst to remind us that in time, and not always on our time, flourishing comes. Life and ministry has taught us to not take these tender blooms for granted.

If words are seeds, 

let flowers grow 

from your mouth,

not weeds. 

If heart are gardens, 

plant those flowers

in the chest of the ones

who exist around you. 

— R.H. Swaney