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Tag: Eternity

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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“We are here to abet creation and to witness to it… so that creation need not play to an empty house.” Annie Dillard

It’s a sobering thought that my attitude toward the quotidian task of piling rocks into a rusty wheelbarrow makes one whit of a difference, but then, this seems to be the way of the following life. We are called to become small, to bend low, and to do the unseen and thankless task because this was the way of the Cross.

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