Garden of the Heart

The life of each one is a little garden which he is to dress

and keep. In an ancient Bible song the story of such a garden

is told. It is not some other one's garden we are to keep, but our own.

Is there not need that we pray this prayer continually: "Awake, O winds of God,

and blow upon the winter locked garden of my heart that the chilled life in it may flow out?"

Some of us find it easier to look after the gardens of our neighbours

than our won little patch. But that is not our duty.

We should keep it always

clear of weeds and full of sweet and beautiful plants and flowers.

A garden spot anywhere is not only a thing of beauty but is also a blessing

to all who see it.

It should make our lives so beautiful that it will redeem one spot of the world from

dreariness and transform it into loveliness.

We should keep it always

clear of weeds and full of sweet and beautiful plants and flowers.

A garden spot anywhere is not only a thing of beauty but is also a blessing

to all who see it.

It should make our lives so beautiful that it will redeem

one spot of the world from

dreariness and transform it into loveliness.

"Go make thy garden fair as thou canst; Thou workest never alone;

Perchance he whose plot is next to thine will see it, and mend his own." jrmiller