Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Sow what?

It's just about time to plant the garden. My just before Memorial Day ritual. Get dirty and sow seeds and plants in the ground. Peppers and tomatoes sprouted a few weeks ago in starter trays. The survivors of the wind this Sunday are just on the edge of being hardy enough and ready to plant. I spaded over the earth and rain's generously come--just the night after I finished. The question now: What to plant? Peas, carrots, spinach, lettuce, sweet basil, onion sets, zucchini, yellow squash, green beans and wax beans (I call them yellow beans because my girls don't want to eat wax). There's still a few spots in the plot to consider.

What to sow? In some ways it sounds like a spiritual question. What do I plant--in the ground the seed choice is obvious. In me maybe it's less obvious what gets seeded and what doesn't. Sow what? Paul talked about it in Galatians 6:7-9
Do not be deceived; God is not mocked, for you reap whatever you sow. If you sow to your own flesh, you will reap corruption from the flesh; but if you sow to the Spirit, you will reap eternal life from the Spirit. So let us not grow weary in doing what is right, for we will reap at harvest time, if we do not give up. Galatians 6:7-9 NRSV
Sow what? In May it's a great decision--what do I want to have on my table at the end of summer--it gets decided right now. Same goes for many other dimensions of my life.
Peace and thanks for reading

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