It’s God’s Garden

God,

I’ve come to realize, that this place where I abide, is Your garden~

I am simply a caregiver here.

Placed in your garden to serve you, with grace, and hope, that all you hold dear

Will grow and thrive, as your beauty appears in the garden of life!

Weeding the garden can be time consuming and back breaking~

Days are long as I struggle among thorns, plants and trees.

The sun rises and sets~

I’m down on my knees, by the sweat of my brow, I bow~

Some roots grow deep and some shallow, but the labor is all the same~

Help me tend your garden, to honor you, and disregard the pain.

Help me, as I work here to be faithful, humble, and to remain, steadfast, in the process…

That I will bring honor you; not bring disgrace, to your precious holy name.

I will water and nurture, all you’ve given me to do

To prune and fertilize and transplant.

Fruit trees, shrubbery, lovely flowers and to pray for hours, beneath the mighty oaks

Making sure, there is no disease anywhere in the garden, so that you, will be pleased.

Help me not to complain~

Godliness with contentment is great gain…

Where some may not produce much, others thrive and grow

God, help me follow, you, wherever you want me to go.

Little foxes spoil the vine, Papa, help me to be kind.

And when the snow begins to fall…

The garden grows silent, quiet and still~

I will continue to hear your loving call, and remember, I’m just a caregiver in your garden, help me tear down walls.

Time comes and time goes~

Others too are working~

Some reap and some sow~

God, you, bring the increase, to your garden here below.

And when it’s time for me to finally go~

I’ll whisper a gentle prayer; “May your garden always be tended with loving kindness, gratefulness and available for all to share!”

God’s garden is sacred, it’s holy and it’s divine…keep this in mind when you tend it and know, it’s his, not thine!

We’re all part of the garden, he longs for us to be, among the royal lineage, His Holy family!

~Marla Shaw O’Neill October 31, 2024

And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Genesis 2:8

The Lord   God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. Genesis 2:15 New Living Translation