We have started a garden or rather a group of gardens in our Congregation. While we are sharing the produce, we planned and have shared some of it with others. So Gan Am Messiah or the Garden of Messiah's People is a garden of promise and hope. I will be telling you what has been picked, but I also hope to share with you all a short message tying the Lord into the Garden each week.
This week has been a week of promise. During the elders meeting we went outside to see the work that had been done on the grounds. Then I suggested we look at the garden. As you know produce had been attacked and eatten by a hungry woodchuck and its family. They had the first harvests of chard and lettuce. They had decimated the cabbage and had pruned the tomatoes. But I saw promise.
The cabbage was back. There will be a harvest of perpetual spinach and chard this week. Most impressive was not only the return of leaves to the tomatoes, but also the blossoms and a tomato. There is the promise of a harvest.
Now, things may happen. The weather may not be cooperative. The woodchucks and other critters may find ways to get through the fence. We may even be neglectful in our care of the garden. However, God is not like that. 2 Corinthians 2:20 say "For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Messiah*. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God." (NIV) So, that while our garden and lives may have set backs, the Eternal will continue to keep His promises toward us.
*NIV text is Christ, but in this blog it will appear as Messiah
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This week (6-30), there will be perpetual spinach/chard and the last of the peas for pick-up.
