Take the time to prepare the soil – v4

If we are approach our journey differently,
if we stand in the garden with God
seeing the world more as He does
a living work ever in progress

If we see ourselves as partners
as custodians of the world
but not just of the vineyard
of the soil, the earth, as well

What if we saw the garden
as the soul of every person
the soil the heart of each human
all of the people on earth

We are to water with the word
witnesses to the life of Christ Jesus
speaking the truth in the scripture
and the revelation of God’s love

We must take time to prepare
to nurture the living, damaged soil
knowing that each heart is a vineyard
and that our hope is from above

God’s message is the seed for the soil
revealed in the grace of our Savior, the Christ
our only hope of eternity
is in God’s message of love

We must take time to prepare
to tend these many fragile gardens
that we may one day present a harvest for God
when we share in this work of love


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Edited November 30, 2012
“Take time to prepare the soil – v4”
Edited November 30, 2012
"Take time to prepare the soil - v3"
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/take-time-to-prepare-soil-v3.html
Edited November 30, 2012
“Take time to prepare the soil – v2”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/take-time-to-prepare-soil-v2.html
November 26, 2012
“Take time to prepare the soil”
http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/11/take-time-to-prepare-soil.html
page 178, Chapter 12,
“In the Belly of the Beast”
The Shack, by William P. Young
http://www.theshackbook.com/
&
echat with Isaac Tiibasima
November 25, 2012

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