Your heart is a garden, tend to it

This morning I woke up and went to do some work in my vegetable garden and as I was working, some thoughts came to me:

Our hearts are like gardens. What grows there are plants that we have sown as well as weeds. It is up to us to regularly tend to our gardens so that the flowers may blossom and the the food-bearing plants may have some food. As I was working I realised that some of the weeds looked pretty and one could easily mistake them for plants. Diligence and discernment is needed as we daily tend the gardens of our hearts. I also realised how easy it was this morning to do the weeding because the ground was moist. So, as you daily work on your heart, soak in the Word of God; allow the Holy Spirit to have a go at you - pointing out what weeds are in your garden and as I broke out into a sweat I realised that it's all work, but it's worth it.

In Proverbs 4 we are admonished to "Guard your hearts with all vigilance...", again in 1 Thessalonians 5, "...let us watch and be sober...". In 1 Peter 5 the word of God instructs us, "Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully. Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour. Withstand him; be firm in faith [against his onset--rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined], knowing that the same (identical) sufferings are appointed to your brotherhood (the whole body of Christians) throughout the world."

Let Love Reign♥

Some truths I've learnt...

There are a couple of lies that I once believed. I once believed that God wouldn't forgive me for my sins and that He could never Love me (despite knowing the lyrics to the song they drilled in me in Sunday School - "Jesus loves me"). I believed that such a holy God would not want me anywhere near Him. I believed that I would never be healed. I believed that I was too weak to overcome temptation. That was when I didn't know any better!


I praise God that I know the truth. I "flipped to the end of the Book and found out that we win!". I learned that His blood washes me white as snow and that He removes my sins from me as far as the east is from the west. I found out that when I accept Him as my Master, He embraces me; cleans me and clothes me with His righteousness.

I found out that He loves me with an everlasting Love! I found out that He knew me before I was ever formed in my mother's womb and that He chose me before the beginning of time to do good works (even though He knew just how wicked I could be!).

I discovered the sweet truth that He died so that the wages of my sin would be His death and I would have eternal life just by believing and confessing that He died for me!

I learnt the sweet truth that by His stripes I was healed (even when the healing doesn't manifest to my senses as quickly as I'd like).

I learnt that I do have the power against temptation, that He has made a way for me to escape. I found out that even when I fall and give in, He still gives me another chance to stand.

That is some of the truth that I have learnt and my life has never been the same!

Love Reigns in me and through me♥