Do you know that God is even interested in getting the raspberries picked? With the present schedule of counseling appointments I am pretty full Tuesday-Thursday. Raspberries don’t care about one’s schedule. They ripen when their ready not when you’re ready. Well, today is a picking day and when I get this post written, I’ll be in the patch picking away. I awoke an hour earlier than normal and now I’m about ready to begin. It makes me smile how intimate God’s care for us is–even picking raspberries!

There’s a ministry behind everything God is interested in having us do. Giving away the abundance of the harvest is always fun. It is fun to hear a receivers thanks when the berries are given to them and then later, one gets to hear the thanks again for the jam, pies, cobblers, etc. one gets to enjoy because of the earlier gift of harvest. All of this is the benefit of gardening and it brings joy to my heart and a smile to my face.

God is also a GREAT GARDENER!