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FAITH LIFE
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Part 1
By André and Jenny Roebert
Few things can compare to the pleasure someone attention and care, our lives have the potential to as being like a tree that is planted near a stream of
can experience from walking through and gazing produce magnificent gardens with spectacular water. When that tree is exposed to tremendous
upon a beautiful, fragrant garden. The peace and beauty! There are numerous accounts, like the heat, instead of it shrivelling, wilting or dying, it
tranquillity one gets to experience can be more parable of the sower, where our hearts are likened keeps being nourished and remains vital and pro-
therapeutic than most have given it credit for. The to soil. Lives that are dependent on Christ and His ductive. Psalm 1 uses the same type of imagery,
trouble however, is that while everyone can enjoy Word, will see the soil of their hearts, having the saying that the tree will continue to bear fruit in
a beautiful garden, not everyone can successfully potential to becoming soft, workable and nour- and out of season, in good times and bad. Psalm
create a beautiful garden! I have learnt from past ished. These hearts are able to produce the most 92, amongst others, speaks of lives that are fruit-
experience that if you are unable to identify seed- beautiful and useful gardens. ful and flourishing even while in old age! Mark 4
lings from weeds, you can end up throwing out describes a life that embraces God and His Word,
what would make your garden delightful, and find Abundant life in the midst of adversity to being like a giant mustard tree that in spite of
yourself nurturing what would make it disastrous! very small or insignificant beginnings, matured to
Leaving you disappointed, disillusioned and gar- Perhaps what amazes me the most, is the fact that provide shelter and protection to others.
den less! the Bible promises lives that resemble lush abun-
dance and beauty in the midst of most adverse Some of my favourite ‘life to garden’ imageries,
Just the same, the Bible, often likens our hearts conditions. In the book of Jeremiah it speaks of are found in the book of Isaiah:
and lives to gardens. With the correct amount of a life that chooses to completely trust in the Lord
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