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"Mary, Mary ~ Quite
Contrary, How does your Garden grow? "…
When to the Lord’s Word, my life is
contrary,
My
Garden grows WEEDY & SEEDY & SCARY!
I find when I sow seeds of anger and
strife,
I’m not a good sister, or mother,
or wife.
The soil of my heart is thirsty and dry,
And instead of feeling joyful, I
just want to cry!
The weeds in my Garden all have names;
come and see!
This one is “Selfish”, and this:
“Jealousy”.
Here is a tall one, I call it
“Impatience”…
And in it’s cool shade grow
“Rude” and “Annoyance”.
What can I do? I’m feeling quite sour…
All of these WEEDS have
choked-out all my flowers!
Oh,
Mary – you know, in your heart, what to do!
Turn to the Lord, and He will
help you!
Go into the Word, and study it hard,
And God – the Great
Gardener- will pull the weeds
From your yard.
On the Soil of your Heart, pour the Water
of Life ~
And you will find Peace, not
anger and strife.
Now Mary
is very Obedient and Sweet,
Since sitting and learning at the
Great Gardener’s feet;
She happily works in her Garden each day,
And she sows Seeds of Love as she
goes on-her-way.
The Great Gardener helped Mary
Turn her “GLOOMS” into
“BLOOMS”!
Her Garden’s much brighter,
Now that WEEDS do not Loom!
No more “Selfish” or “Jealous”~
Now there’s “Joy”, “Peace”, and
“Goodness”…
And “Patience” is growing like a tall,
strong tree!
(I’m hoping she’ll share some of
those seeds with me!)
She dug-up her “Rude” and planted
“Kindness” instead;
And it flows to where
“Self-Control” grows,
In a straight bed.
“Faithfulness” and “Gentleness” bloom
all-in-a-row,
All Thanks to the seeds the
Great Gardener
Taught her to sow.
Now
her Garden’s a Blessing to those far and near,
And Mary loves to give others her
bouquets of cheer.
The moral of our story is quite simple,
and goes:
“To reap
Blooms of Blessing,
Seeds of
Love you must sow!”
By Kathrine Barry
Copyright ©2004
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