Manure
It takes many elements to produce the most beautiful flowers and fruits. Among them is manure, generously applied at the end of winter. It can be dug into new flower beds, scratched into the surface around plants that haven't come up yet, placed carefully around plants that are up or made into a tea to water with. Care must be given with each method. Manure can burn roots and leaves. Yet the results make the risks necessary.
When your life is full of manure and everything just plain stinks - trust the Master Gardener. The creator of heaven and earth knows exactly the right amount and which method will produce the most beautiful Christlike heart in you. It's not enjoyable. Actually quite disagreeable. But, it is necessary.
Maybe God did promise us that life would be rosy after all. If you consider the dirt, the thorns and the manure.
Take heart. If you're being fertilized now - spring is near.
'We must go through tribulations to enter the kingdom of God. 'Acts 14:22b
It is funny, Tammie.... I just came out of a fertilization period.... I hadn't thought of it this way... great perspective. Thank you for your "musings."
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