LESSONS LEARNED IN THE GARDEN

In the garden  things wait-the plants wait for water, the butterflies wait for blooms, the birds wait for worms.  

During the hot Texas summer when rains are rare, my roses divert the nutrients and water to feed the essentials-the roots and base of the plant.  They stop working on things they can afford to lose-the pretty things.  And as they wait, they are neither lovely nor inviting, but they are healthy.

In our dry seasons, we would do well to conserve our energies for the essentials.  And to wait for rain.

But they who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary.  They shall walk and not faint.  (Isaiah 40:31)