Leading the wa
y, food wise, is the winter wheat, growing in the "justice quadrant." Already heading out beautifully, we are anticipating enough flour for a small loaf of bread on Autumn Leaf Harvest Sunday. The bright yellow marigold seedlings, natural pest repellents in the ecology of God, add color to the green of wheat and brown of soil. Volunteer nasturtiums, self seeded from last years' crop, surprise us everywhere in the "worship quadrant." The four sets of three bush beans look ever so small to yield enough beans for that harvest meal later in the year. But as we take time to tend the soil, yield they will - one must simply have faith.Which is what happens when we take time to tend our souls. There is a yield as tangible as the aroma from any of the four herbs planted in each of the four crosses. These crosses remind us of the four acts - acts of devotion, acts of worship, acts of compassion and acts of justice - that help flavor our spiritual journeys. Justice is being done in the micro-loan program adopted by the three young ladies who were baptised/confirmed on Pentecost Sunday this year. Having already raised $725 towards their goal of $1000, this money is loaned through www.kiva.org, and will eventually help hundreds of poor folk help themselves. The girls excitement is palpable! Doing justice, God's will is done, and we are inspired and fed.
Acts of devotion are happening too in our congregation. Two lectionary groups are meeting weekly at the church with fourteen members participating. As the Word is read and discussed and applied, it is being enfleshed in our lives and we are changing, journeying into holiness.
So Jerusalem Cross Gardening of soil and soul -wheat, marigolds, nasturtiums, beans, herbs along with justice and devotion. A yield is on its' way. We simply need join God as God lovingly plays in creation (Father), history (Christ Jesus) and community (Holy Spirit). The rest is faith!
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