happy in our mess

our gardens needing tending
our souls a mess
but be happy in our journey
our struggles, our tests

like the wheat and tares
all planted together
growing, dying
some places bright
others dark, forbidding

a beautiful mess
our journey, our souls
a garden to tend
to water with the word
to feed for the harvest
a bounty for the Lord


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November 10, 2012
Spirit Study,
page 140, Chapter 9,
“A Long Time Ago, In A Garden Far, Far Away”
“This garden is your soul. This mess is you!”
The Shack, by William P. Young
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led by Pastor Ruth Foss
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A Handmaiden of the Lord
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Suncook, NH
November 4, 2012


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