I have blisters on my hands and one sore back. Why? Because I have been digging in my garden. Late April sand early May is what I term the 'grunt work' season. You turn over the soil in your vegetable beds , add more soil and compost, turn it all in some more and dig and dig and dig. Its the same with the flower beds, add compost, pour on the mulch and dig out the weeds that are just starting to say hello. Its hard work, but if you don't do it now then you wont get the results later. You are getting the soil ready for growth. I actually love this part of the season, I love the sore muscles, the part of my body that hasn't had quite the same work out since last fall. I start to see in my minds eye what will grow and blossom and I keep digging. You see there are no short cuts, no quick fixes, just hard work to get the results. Its the same of course in the church. I and many others, the whole congregation actually, have been working hard over the past two years to get ready for new growth. Its hard work, you get blisters. But there are no short cuts, no quick fixes, just lots of work and laughter and that wonderful sense of community you get in church. But because we did that work we are starting to see the results. New life is showing up in all sorts of places. Just this past Sunday we had our Silent Auction for Camp Scugog, had a history lesson with the kids in worship as part of our 100th anniversary, thanked our new children's ministry staff for their wonderful work and sang Skinamarinkee Dinkee Do with the choir leading the actions to start the sermon. New life is springing up all around us, we just need to get ready for it.
Two big bags of soil and compost from picamix that I ordered at Canada Blooms. They are as big as they look and responsible for the sore back and the blisters!
