A Vegetable Patch for God

Plant 3 rows of peas:
Peace of mind.
Peace of heart.
Peace of soul.

Plant 4 rows of squash:
Squash gossip.
Squash indifference.
Squash grumbling.
Squash selfishness.

Plant 4 rows of lettuce:
Lettuce be faithful.
Lettuce be kind.
Lettuce be obedient.
Lettuce really love one another:

No garden without turnips:
Turnip for meetings.
Turnip for service.
Turnip to help one another:

We must have thyme:
Thyme for God,
Thyme for study,
Thyme for prayer.

Water freely with patience, fertilise with love, then watch the seedlings grow.
There will be much fruit in our gardens because we reap what we sow.

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Dear Father God. Please help us to listen to you as we tend our gardens, and let you teach us as we watch the miracles of creation unfold in your wonderful, colourful world.