04.24.09
On Flowerbeds…
On Flowerbeds…
Dear Friends:
All of a sudden, spring is hitting Minnesota. 80’s and 90’s for temperatures. With it all, I had time to open up ground for a new flower bed. Soon, I’ll put in it some some celosia, zinnias, petunias, and who knows what else in an attempt to add a bit more beauty to the Church Circle and a bit more beauty to the world.
The empty flower bed offers a visual reminder to each of us as we move into another season. It reminds me of the gift of time. We all have a block of it. What will we put into it that brings beauty to the world, brings honor to God, and gives us purpose in life. It would be so easy to let the flowerbed go empty, and let it fill with weeds. That happens with time also, failing to plan…equals planning to fail. To not decide is to decide. I’ve heard some of that before. I believe that there’s some truth to each, and so I’m careful not to let my flowerbed of time fill up with the weeds of life.
What are the weeds of life for you? What would you put into a flowerbed of time? It can be a day , it can be a week, a month…you get the idea.
Your flowerbed of time can be time spent with children or with a lonely senior citizen. Your flowerbed of time can put you serving at a homeless shelter, or encouraging a discouraged pastor. Your flowerbed of time can be spent in the scriptures and seeking in a very special way to engage in God’s will for your life. Ah, the challenges of an empty flowerbed…..how will you fill it? I’d appreciate your responses.
Stop by and visit…the coffee’s fresh, and the lights are on.
Your friend, Pastor Don
Mary Jo said,
May 5, 2009 at 4:12 pm
I’m glad to see another flower bed. Good food for thought. Our flower beds of time can sometimes be ill used by those weedy time wasters. Removing them out does take intention and sometimes those weeds aren’t always obvious. Thank you and God Bless