{"id":466,"date":"2017-03-06T10:24:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T15:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/?p=466"},"modified":"2017-03-06T10:32:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T15:32:54","slug":"how-does-your-garden-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/2017\/03\/06\/how-does-your-garden-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"How Does Your Garden Grow"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0<\/strong>Standing in my garden I come to realize<\/h6>\n
That part of the process is how big, how wide<\/h6>\n
How deep, what size\u2026<\/h6>\n
How do I decide, on the things I want to grow\u2026?<\/h6>\n
<\/h6>\n
So I take out my shovel and I lean upon my hoe\u2026<\/h6>\n
Scratching my head, I rub my nose\u2026<\/h6>\n
Digging in the dirt, that\u2019s all I know.<\/h6>\n
Sun\u2019s hot today\u2026trees stir in the breeze\u2026<\/h6>\n
The dirt is warm and rich;<\/h6>\n
\u201cAh-chew\u201d\u2026I sneeze\u2026<\/h6>\n
<\/h6>\n
Turning the ground, earthworms move about\u2026<\/h6>\n
Oh, this earth is fertile; my flowers will all burst out\u2026<\/h6>\n
Pink fragrant Roses, periwinkles, and tulips too<\/h6>\n
Daisies and Sunflowers, and Morning Glories, blue\u2026<\/h6>\n
Love, Hope and Joy I\u2019ve planted them for you\u2026<\/h6>\n
<\/h6>\n
In the garden of a fertile heart, the flowers will come to bloom\u2026<\/h6>\n
I\u2019m glad I took the time to plant my garden with\u00a0you\u2026<\/h6>\n
<\/h6>\n
\u201cHow does your garden grow?\u201d<\/h6>\n
<\/h6>\n
If you plant peace, than peace will grow in abundance\u2026<\/h6>\n
And when you plant love…oh what fragrance\u2026<\/h6>\n
Water them with wisdom, fertilize with grace, prune them vigorously and<\/h6>\n
You\u2019ll never see disgrace\u2026<\/h6>\n
<\/h6>\n
Blooms of happiness will explode all over the place\u2026<\/h6>\n
Your garden is your children and your children a treasured race\u2026<\/h6>\n
Never let the world be the soil your children embrace\u2026<\/h6>\n
They\u2019ll know you, because of the time; you spend in the garden with them\u2026<\/h6>\n
And when someone asks you, \u201cHow does your garden grow?\u201d<\/h6>\n
You can tell them, it took patience, and long suffering, and diligence and perseverance, faith and time, and lots and lots of love\u2026spent on bended knees and bent back, but in the space of time it’s all worth it just to hear\u2026<\/h6>\n
Daddy, Mama, I love you for being here.<\/h6>\n
Thanks Papa God for my beautiful garden!<\/h6>\n
Marla Shaw O\u2019Neill March 6, 2017<\/h6>\n
Psalm 127:3-5 <\/span>The Message (MSG)<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/h6>\n
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Don\u2019t you see that children are God<\/span>\u2019s best gift?<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>the fruit of the womb his generous legacy?<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nLike a warrior\u2019s fistful of arrows<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>are the children of a vigorous youth.<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nOh, how blessed are you parents,<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>with your quivers full of children!<\/span><\/span><\/em>
\nYour enemies don\u2019t stand a chance against you;<\/span><\/em>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>you\u2019ll sweep them right off your doorstep.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Standing in my garden I come to realize That part of the process is how big, how wide How deep, what size\u2026 How do I decide, on the things I want to grow\u2026? So I take out my shovel and I lean upon my hoe\u2026 Scratching my head, I rub my nose\u2026 Digging in the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8aPxH-7w","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":472,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466\/revisions\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/becourageousbebold.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}