Monthly Archives: March 2024

You aren’t a gardener if you don’t plant. You can clean, wash, pull weeds, prep soil, gather supplies, and more but if you never attempt to grow something you just simply aren’t a gardener. But planting is fraught with dangers and possibles. The plants may never take off. They may grow for a little butContinue reading “A Gardener Must Plant”

Gardeners are constantly pulling weeds. You don’t want them to spread and you don’t want their roots to take hold in your soil or pot. So, it is important to gardeners to pull weeds. But if you don’t replace them with something else or you don’t root them out completely they will return and canContinue reading “Clean out AND Replace!”

Here’s the thing about gardening and farming – it’s hard work especially in the ground planting. Don’t get me wrong pot planting is hard too but it’s not nearly as hard as in the ground gardening. Whether you’re a farmer or a gardener, in the ground planting is hard hard work. And if you tryContinue reading “Work Hard, Don’t Follow After Emptiness.”

I grew up with gardeners and farmers. My PapPaw was a farmer and gardener. My mother followed right in his footsteps. To this day when I call my mom in the spring and summer months, there is a strong likelihood she is watering her plants. It is a time consuming task but one that isContinue reading “The Importance of Watering”

When planting directly into the ground, every gardener and farmer knows you’ve got to work the soil. Tilling the ground is hard and dirty work especially out here in West Texas. The ground is often hard which means you’ve got use water to help soften the ground but that makes the work so much dirtier.Continue reading “Work the Soil of Your Life”

Today is the Lord’s Day and in keeping with our theme of gardening, let us consider a question the Lord posed to His disciples. Who begins a project without first sitting down to count the cost? The answer to Jesus’ rhetorical question here is obvious – no one and if someone does then it wouldContinue reading “Have you counted the cost?”

Preparing is a gardening bread and butter. You’ve got to prepare the ground, planter boxes, and pots. Otherwise, if you don’t and you try to grow new plants in unprepared soil, generally speaking, they won’t last long and will die. Gardeners have to take the time to prepare if they want to have success growing.Continue reading “Prepare for work!”

So, after a gardener cleans out their garden and yard and pots and planters, they begin the process of preparation and planning. They look at what they have and determine what they’ll need. They get out their tool. They sharpen the mower and shearing blades. They gather all their equipment. God doesn’t expect us toContinue reading “Fully Equipped”

You never put new plants in dirty pots or contaminated soil. You want your plants to have a clean home with fresh soil to facilitate good growth. It is not different with God approaches our lives. Why is it so important for us to purge ourselves of dishonorable thoughts and actions? We are pots inContinue reading “Become Useful”

God want us to clean out defilements not just of our body but also the defilements of the soul. Remember, what Jesus told the Pharisees. Clean the inside first and the outside will follow. So many times we focus more on removing public sins and sinful activities from our lives. We don’t drink. We don’tContinue reading “Inside & Outside”