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I love that the word harvest is on my list for preparations for Thanksgiving. I have a brown thumb. I am no good at growing stuff. I tend to forget to water, prune, anything that a plant requires for survival. So I am filled with pleasure when I can harvest in my own backyard. God blessed citrus trees with resilience. They don’t need me. And yet they give back to me.
This is how God’s love is. Abundant. All we have to do is harvest it.
I am wishing for you this holiday season an abundant harvest.
Like that tiny mustard seed. When planted it takes root and turns into a large tree with many branches.
Open up your arms to the world.
Glow like the lemon in the sunlight.
Be joy.
Be love.
Be the harvest.
A bowl of life from my own backyard!
I love this:
“God blessed citrus trees with resilience. They don’t need me. And yet they give back to me.
This is how God’s love is. Abundant. All we have to do is harvest it.”
Indeed! Have a very happy Thanksgiving.
Happy Thanksgiving to you. Thanks for reading.
Surprised by your havest. What a blessing from your own backyard. Your words are a blessing to us. Thanks for reminding us of is abundance!
His abundance!
“The best fertilizer is the gardener’s shadow” is my motto. (This saying is attributed to a Chinese proverb, but Barry Popik traces it to Pliny to Elder. Wherever it came from, I think it’s profound!)
I talk to my plants, too.
I would argue that there are no bad gardeners, just as there are no bad writers or readers: only gardeners who haven’t yet find the right plants. It sounds like citrus trees are “right plants” in your garden. 🙂
“gardners who haven’t yet found the right plants.” – love that. My garden tends to thrive more when I ignore it. Margaret, I am sometimes “overrun” with emails and things I want to read. Thank you for taking time today to write, and to share. Happy Thanksgiving!
I love this view into your garden and your spirit of resilience.