Hello Foreverbelongs
God bless you this day.
I love Summer! I love the colors, grass, flowers, trees, bushes, butterflies, birds, dragonflies, I even love bees (I don't necessarily want them on me, but I love them)
I love to garden -- at least, I think I do.
This time of year I am so anxious for warm weather and to be able to sit outside and breathe in the fresh air and to set my eyes and ears and nose on the sights, sounds and smells of nature that I'm somewhat giddy. Right now, my back yard looks to lush and green -- a feast for my eyes...from the inside of my house looking out. But upon closer inspection, there are weeds growing: some I don't see, and some I can see already. Those buggers are gonna take over my entire back yard unless I get out there and start weeding.
The problem is...I have flowers bulbs planted too, and theirs leaves are just starting to peek out of the dirt. If I start pulling the weeds, I have to be careful not to pull up the new growth of the flower bulbs -- and because the soil is so wet I could easily pull up the bulbs themselves.
In addition, I have two doggies who have used the backyard all winter long to do their business. Soooooooo, there's gonna be that cleanup too. AND, I'm out of shape, so I know that just kneeling down or bending over to start pulling weeds is gonna have me wrestling my elderly parents for the ben-gay ointment to slather on my aching bones and flabby muscles.
I can't stand the smell of that stuff, even though they use it like it's liquid gold -- for some reason, they love the stuff. My hubby and I refer to ben-gay ointment as old people's catnip.
We also feed the birds: I love birds.
But all that bird seed grows if it hits the ground, and if I let it, it will grow and yep, most of it is weed seed -- or things I don't really want growing in my garden. And let's not forget the seeds of weeds that the wind carried in, or birds or squirrels carried in.
It sounds like a lot of work, and I can talk myself right out of gardening if I dwell on too long. But, I love to sit in the garden in amongst the flowers and bushes and trees, and enjoy the serenity, soooooooo I choose to roll up my sleeves and get to it.
Well, the garden of my mind is more cluttered than my backyard. Geez, the seeds that blow in from all the noise going on in the world, and those sneaky seeds (thoughts) planted by the enemy of our souls. And, yes...some I planted myself -- through bad choices.
The CCCC Program was such a blessing to me. It really helped me clear out the clutter of my mind, and gave me tools to use in maintaining a clutter-free mind. It takes work, I won't kid ya here. But, my oh my Woooooohooooooooo! am I glad I learned the lessons that I learned.
Oh, and I hated to read. I was never one of those peeps that read for pleasure, and when I did read it was how to books -- like gardening, or why I was such a wreck. So, I prayed and asked God to give me a passion for His Word -- The Bible. He answered my prayer with a YES!!!
Wooooohooooooo! So now, I invite The Holy Spirit to read The Bible with me and help me not fall into a snooze fest, and He does and it truly truly truly helps me to enjoy my life.
Foreverbelongs, I just wanted to share this with you in hopes of encouraging you. It's so easy to walk away from something that takes commitment and challenges us. But if we're not happy with where we are, we need to make the commitment.
The CCCC Program -- It's approximately 30-45 minutes a day for 14 days. I hope you'll stay with it -- it just may well be worth it to you, in the end. It was for me, and it has continued to bless me for several years now. Why? because it gave me spiritual tools -- godly tools -- to help me overcome, and I it helped me navigate through God's blessed Word, which is Spiritual food.
Foreverbelongs, I'm praying for you. God's blessed will be done.
God bless and keep you.
Love,
Mack
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2010 9:53 am
