Well, I am back at home once again. It is kind of sad to see the things a girl would want done that a guy doesn't care about, and that has happened with my dad. See, he is a guy; theres no need for extra cleanliness or really cleanliness at all...and one thing he did not do a very good job at taking care of while i was gone was MY FLOWER GARDEN!

Now I understand that he is busy, but one year without work and that garden looks more like a burnt down forest than a beautiful flower garden.

So today I have been working a little in the garden. I worked for maybe 1 1/2 hrs pulling weeds and no substansial progress has been made. I was listening to my fipod(fake ipod) while working and enoying some time with the Lord and I got to thinking about the garden thing. It is so amazing how God made creation to reflect Him. While I was pulling those weeds I felt like giving up. I thought "well maybe I could just pourlots of dirt over this and cover it all up" But that would not have worked! See, Those flippin weeds are like our flippin sin. They get deep. I would pull and pull on a root and would have to use my full bosy strength to get the one root out. That reminds me of some deeply rooted sins. And the truth is, I had to stop working today. My hands were getting raw and it began to rain. And sometimes sin connot be fixed with one day. It is not going to be taken care of by one great church service or camp experience...it takes time.

BUT..there is a heavenly gardener who is willing to work with you, taking the lead, and help you get those roots out and plant something good. After the time goes by, you will want to have deep roots, but not with the weeds of sin, but the beauty that the Lord plants, the word!

So thats just some of the random thoughts that have gone through my head. Praise the Lord that the things around us can allow us to think about Him.

GIGATT
Stephanopolus

ps...i wouldn't say I am bored, but the fact that I am gardening says I am pretty close to be:)