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The Work of the Garden

August 1, 2019July 31, 2019 Michele Morin69 Comments

All that matters is the work of the garden, the work our hearts and hands were made for.

There are no minutes in the garden-- Only rows, A measure not of time, but of task. In the first garden, Adam was given the task of naming: Zebra and musk ox; Cheetah and gerbil. He punched no clock, but poured out creativity, fulfilling his role. Eve may have pruned apple trees for optimal fruition,… Continue reading The Work of the Garden

Posted in PoetryTagged Adam, Eden, Eternity, Eve, Gardening, Time, Work

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Whether you are creating music, blog posts, paper crafts, or really great sandwiches for your kids’ lunchboxes, the image of God is expressed stunningly in your creativity. . . Here’s another thought from #AdorningtheDark by @andrewpetersonmusic: “Every song is an Ebenezer stone, evidence of God’s faithfulness. I just need to remember. Trust is crucial.” . . #Enneagram4 folks {and #enneagram3w4} will feel seen and known in the pages of this book! . . via @bhpub

The Great Compromise of 1990 is still in effect! ❤ The Christmas before Calvin and I were married, I made a quilted tree skirt--nothing short of miraculous for this craft-challenged girl. His family had always piled boughs under and around their tree. We saw that a compromise was in order to preserve the peace, so we arranged a layer of boughs and then draped the tree skirt over them. And so it continues... It's a small thing, really, but isn't it always an accumulation of "small things" that eat away at the foundation of our marriages? *** Every Christmas, this is a visual reminder and reaffirmation of the mutual submission that marriage inspires and requires.

In her Advent poem “Descent,” Luci Shaw describes the complete other-ness of Jesus’s arrival here: “Down he came from up and in from out, and here from there. A long leap, an incandescent fall from magnificent to naked, frail, small…” Committed to the Father’s plan to wrap this world in redemption, “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.”

Christmas preparations are “rolling” right along here. 🤦‍♀️ So many of our traditions feature special food and gatherings around festive meals and memories. These rolls freeze really well, so I make a big batch and throw them all into the freezer— minus the ones that get pilfered hot out of the oven. 🙄☺️ Then I pull them out as needed. What life-saving hacks help you manage your kitchen-based celebration of Jesus’s birth?

“The best way to find out whether or not you really have a servant’s heart is to see what your reaction is when somebody treats you like one.” So, what does it look like to be a servant to my family, to say “My life for yours”? I’d been reading content and listening to the podcast produced by @kindred_mom for quite some time when they announced a call for articles discussing the role of humility in motherhood. “Maybe I’ve aged out of their demographic,” I thought, but the Elisabeth Elliot quote and the perpetual struggle with my goal-oriented and prideful self sent my fingers to the keyboard, and I’m grateful to be sharing my collected thoughts on this topic today at @kindred_mom.

Apparently, the Pause and Pour feature of a coffee maker only works when the basket is in place to hold the grounds. Research like this can be messy, and laws of nature are not suspended during Advent. Gravity continues to carry sprinkles to the kitchen floor at the same rate in December as in July. Time moves at the same dizzying rate as the planet spins and tilts away from the sun. Heaven and nature sing the glory of God 365 days of the year, but perhaps we are listening more carefully during Advent.

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