Dinner & A Spiritual Analogy
1st - dinner, then the analogy!
On our menu tonight, we have torn butter lettuce from Saturday's Gardener's Market, handful of grape tomatoes, halved artichoke hearts, Peoloponnese Kalamata pitted olives, a sprinkling of cooked golden couscous, topped with a couple of sprigs of fresh basil & not to forget, a drizzle of Annie's Goddess Dressing (good for men too - I promise).
If you've never tried fresh basil in your salad, you'll in for a treet - the taste is so refreshing & invigorating. The only ingredient I wished I had was cubed cucumbers - that would have been perfect! Perhaps you can remember them on your next shopping trip!
Here's a photo of the salad mixed & ready to eat! It was delicious!
This is me & Cherry. Cherry is a 13-year-old delightfully young Shih Tzu. The owner (another writer & his wife) told me that Cherry sat in this position for 20 minutes. They told me perhaps her tail acts as a support & balance - personally, I was amazed!
The Analogy
Remember how a couple of days ago, I shared my sprout project with you? I grew half of the sunflower seeds in a mason sprouting jar & the other half were grown in good ol' Mother Earth. We viewed how the seeds which were grown in Mother Earth by far, out-surpassed the ones in the mason jar.
So, I was thinking today in class how important it is where we choose to plant our spiritual seeds (ourselves). Do I plant myself in a desolate desert or do I plant myself in a fertile field? Which soil nurtures my growth best?
At church today the lesson was an analogy of a seed. We discussed how two people may both have been given a potent viable seed and both may have each planted their seed in fertile ground; however, if one tends to their plant by proper watering & nourishing it, and the other ignores the plant once it begins to sprout, which one do you think will flourish?
What soil have you planted your seed in?
At church today the lesson was an analogy of a seed. We discussed how two people may both have been given a potent viable seed and both may have each planted their seed in fertile ground; however, if one tends to their plant by proper watering & nourishing it, and the other ignores the plant once it begins to sprout, which one do you think will flourish?
Our spiritual seeds too need to be tended & nurtured - they cannot be ignored. Only when we properly feed these spiritual seeds with faith, hope & action, do they grow, mature & ripen to the beautiful creation intended.
I leave you tonight with all of the peace & love in my heart.
PS: Don't worry, I won't run out!
Marcy Hope Williams
I leave you tonight with all of the peace & love in my heart.
PS: Don't worry, I won't run out!
Marcy Hope Williams
