BLOOM WHERE YOU'RE PLANTED

I feed the birds sunflower seeds. I always have a nice crop of beautiful sunflowers from the seeds that fall to the ground.

This one fell between the bricks.....but the sun beckoned and the seed pushed through. Yet another lesson from the garden.

The following is an excerpt from the weekly column that Don Kuehle writes for a local Cape County paper. Don is a retired United Methodist minister, an avid gardener, a wonderful guy, a servant of God and a cousin of mine (well, Harold's actually, but I choose to claim him and his family).

His column is titled GOOD THINKING!

I share with you from this week's offering:

"Life is a Garaden; God is the Master Gardener!

Working in his Heavenly Greenhouse, God developed a myriad varieties of plants, AND peoples.

God, like any good gardener, knows that the joy of having a garden is to see the seeds grow, to harvest a plentiful crop, AND to share one's abundance with others!

And, like any gardener, God takes life seriously, but not too seriously. God loves a good laugh; in fact, it was God who invented laughter. And a good hearty laugh is good for our health.

Soooo, enjoy this Garden-of Life that God has given us! Grow and blossom where God has planted you. Cultivate and weed your life so that many people will benefit from the good harvest you produce, and God will be pleased!"

Don Kuehle

And may I add this: You will be blessed!

Enjoy this day!