Life is a Garden Party

Sunday, June 24, 2018

Gymnastics

Winter squash vines running.


Gymnastics

Up the fence
pole beans stretch
as they twine
in the sunshine.

Gardeners stretch
before they fetch
to warm up their muscles
then lift a bushel full.

Winter squash vines run
under the noonday sun.
There's no room for foot traffic
so be careful where you step.

Gardeners may not run
under the noonday sun
but they walk for miles
often with a smile.

Snow peas climb
up the trellis limbs
in the shape of a teepee.
You can eat the pods of this pea.

Gardeners climb out of bed
for there's much to do in their head.
Each morning they start their day filled with glee.
At the end of the day they might have sore knees.

Cucumbers vault up a pole
where they are seen daily grow
when yellow blossoms turn into cucs
perhaps to be pickled in crocks cute.

Gardeners jump through hoops
when the hose is left out – oops!
Wearing gardening boots they trip
on their way to find a cool sip.

Spinning round and round
are cabbages round.
Though they stay in place,
everyday is a race.

Gardener's heads spin
with ideas within.
Every day of the year
gardening brings us cheer.

* * * * *

Though we often concentrate on getting enough physical exercise,
there is another exercise to daily partake in if we are wise.
The exercise of becoming godly,
to be set apart, what God calls holy.

To strive to live life God's way
instead of going our own way.
To know right from wrong
and to remain strong.

To display a testimony
that will bring God glory
and will advance His story
becoming history.

And in the end
life will begin
in heaven with a crown of righteousness
after living a life of faithfulness.

Train yourself to be godly.
For physical training is of some value,
but godliness has value for all things,
holding promise for both the present life
and the life to come.
I Timothy 4:7-8

Now there is in store for me
the crown of righteousness,
which the Lord, the righteous Judge,
will award to me on that day - and not only to me,
but also to all who have longed for his appearing.
II Timothy 4:8

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