A Garden Versus A Field

I know that it is winter and in many parts of the country the ground may be covered in snow. But I thought it would be good to think to spring and summer.

Have you ever considered a field? We live rurally and have many farms around us. As you drive by a field you see rows and rows of the same crop growing. This is essential for a farm because they need much of one thing.

You rarely see one cow or one stalk of corn. You see multiples. This is good and the plan for a productive farm.

But when you look at a garden you will see a variety of plants. They will be all sizes and shapes. All colors and hues will meet your eye. In a vegetable garden, things may be in neat rows while in a flower garden they may demonstrate the beauty of variety.

My mother always told me that God never planted the forest in straight lines because the variety brought so much more to the soul.

There needs to be order in our lives, but there also needs to be variety as well. All are important to God and essential to our lives.

Try to make your life orderly and full of variety. It really can be done. In our area you will see huge fields of order and then as you come to the farmhouse you will see the vegetable gardens and the flower gardens.

The gardens are closer to the house (the soul) while the fields stretch out way beyond us.

Think on this and I think you will be surprised at what God shows you.

Anne