THY WILL BE DONE

The fields of Heshbon wither the vines of Sibmah also. The rulers of the nations have trampled down the choicest vines, which once reached Jazer and spread toward the desert. Their shoots spread out and went as far as the sea.   Isaiah 16:8

     Spring time is planting time. Farmers and gardeners alike are up at the crack of dawn, readying their equipment and gather together seeds, bulbs and all the other paraphernalia required to begin their year, their crops and their gardens. Then the weather that they did not want, hits.  It’s too dry, too cold, too wet. And yet they struggle to get started.

     Sometimes we have calamities in the gardens of our lives but it is not God punishing us as He was doing to Moab.  Moab had become proud, conceited and insolent.  God was punishing her for not remaining true to God.  When we walk with God, in his garden, we are focused on His will; that it might be done here on Earth as it is in Heaven.

     Often, walking with God down the garden pathways of your life is best accomplished by walking behind him to better see his pathway and to follow in each of his holy footprints.

     This, then, is how you should pray: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”  Matthew 6:9-10

 GARDEN TIP: Spring is a good time to thatch and over-seed the lawn.  Thatch buildup can smother you lawn and provide an environment for diseases.  Remove thatch with a brisk raking, a de-thatching machine, or a special blade for your mower that accomplishes the dethatching.

Aerating small gardens can be accomplished with a pitch fork or similar garden tool.