Revel A While

Revel A While

Consider a master gardener says the Lord. He spends hours taking care of the garden. He pulls out the weeds and gives new life to the plants. He will work hours and days and even months to bring order.

What do you think the purpose is for all of this work? The purpose is to come to a place of joy and in relishing in the beauty that he has created says the Lord. Unless the gardner can stand back and enjoy the work of his hands, what purpose is there to all of that work?

And so the same applies to you my child. You have worked long and hard. You have had so many pictures in your mind about what things should look like. You have pushed through and at times you have even suffered.

I have seen the effort you have put in. I have seen the long hours that you have invested. But now is the time to stop and to enjoy the fruits of your labor my child. Even in the days of old, when the harvest was complete, I ordered my people to bring their first fruits and to enjoy them with a great celebration!

And so this time has come for you too. Take time today to enjoy the blessings that are in your life. Enjoy your accomplishments and take a moment to smell the fragrance of the garden you have planted. Put down your work tools for a moment and look around you!

Do you not see how far you have come? Can you not see how much you have done? I have indeed blessed the work of your hands. So complete my joy and revel for a moment in the good things that I have brought into your life.

For it is in these moments that you will come to know me more intimately than you ever have. It is in these moments of taking in the sights and the fragrance that you will feel my touch again. Then once you have rested, your strength will be renewed to face the next season of work that lies ahead of you says the Lord. Amen