Tending the Garden – The Garden of the King Gardens in different places and at different times in history have taken on various forms. Consider the British garden, cultivated land adjoining a home, that might have grass and flower beds and trees as well as a vegetable patch or an herb garden.1 Japanese gardens in…

Tending the Garden – God’s Ministry At times, God puts us in a place of spiritual responsibility toward others outside of our family. Perhaps we are leading a Bible study, or discipling somebody in their walk with God, or we are leader in a local church. “All of the above” applies. The garden of our…

Tending the Garden – My Neighbors The Greek words for “neighbor” in the New Testament “…have a wider range of meaning than that of the Eng. Word ‘neighbor.’ There were no farmhouses scattered over the agricultural areas of Palestine; the populations, gathered in villages, went to and fro to their toil. Hence domestic life was…

Tending the Garden – My Family As we tend to the garden of our heart, we are in a better place to tend to the garden of our family. When we walk with God, abiding in the vine, we are the living examples our children need, through the good times and the bad. What better…

Tending the Garden – My Heart I’ve always liked the taste of carrots fresh from the garden, or a juicy peach recently picked from the tree. To raise vegetables or cultivate a fruit tree, however, requires much work. The bounty of the garden and the orchard begins much earlier than the day of harvest and…

God is a gift giver. First, he gave us existence, the opportunity to know what is good and bad, the chance to experience love and life. We didn’t earn the right to exist, he just created us. We also didn’t earn the regeneration of our soul or salvation from punishment: it’s the product of his…