As I drive to work each day, I take note of the gardens as I pass, and I must say that they are as diverse and assorted as people.
There is one garden which has hedges and small shrubs lined in perfect symmetry and every bush is clipped with a precise evenness. There is another garden that looks like a mysterious overgrown sanctuary of secret pathways and shady intimate havens.
I want to stop and admire the blooms in the country cottage yard, the one with the gorgeous roses that fill their space with colour and a sweet perfume. I want to sit amidst the garden with the tall gums that provide shelter and a nature fuelled harmony of birds and cicadas.
I love them all and as I think about them, I realise it is my chance to see people from God’s perspective. We are all varied and unique and most importantly we are all as interesting as each other to God.
I may never be the manicured estate with every blade cut at the perfect length and I may never produce the Jacaranda’s superb purple displays, but I am what I am and I am just as beautiful and fascinating as the person next to me.
If I want to be something or someone else, then I am denying the very who God made me and the world would miss out on what I have to offer. I wouldn’t want every garden that I go past to be the same and I think God agrees. I am a one of a kind; just like my garden and that is a good thing.
God bless
Annie
There is one garden which has hedges and small shrubs lined in perfect symmetry and every bush is clipped with a precise evenness. There is another garden that looks like a mysterious overgrown sanctuary of secret pathways and shady intimate havens.
I want to stop and admire the blooms in the country cottage yard, the one with the gorgeous roses that fill their space with colour and a sweet perfume. I want to sit amidst the garden with the tall gums that provide shelter and a nature fuelled harmony of birds and cicadas.
I love them all and as I think about them, I realise it is my chance to see people from God’s perspective. We are all varied and unique and most importantly we are all as interesting as each other to God.
I may never be the manicured estate with every blade cut at the perfect length and I may never produce the Jacaranda’s superb purple displays, but I am what I am and I am just as beautiful and fascinating as the person next to me.
If I want to be something or someone else, then I am denying the very who God made me and the world would miss out on what I have to offer. I wouldn’t want every garden that I go past to be the same and I think God agrees. I am a one of a kind; just like my garden and that is a good thing.
God bless
Annie
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