...of soil:
The cucumbers lay ready in the JCGarden - green, good sized, mouth watering. Now was the time! The waiting was over. It was the moment to pick. And more important than the picking, it was tim
e to taste! Taste that which was good, that which was so worth laboring and waiting for. With the harvest comes its' enjoyment.
Plain cucumbers are never too tasty even though they are refreshing on hot summer days. But the Whole Foods Market website carried a recipe (click to read) that promised to transform an ordinary vegetable into a culinary celebration of the fruit of Gods good earth - Greek yogurt, lemon zest, rice vinegar, Vidalia onion. Perhaps we can use this side dish as a tasty complement to the salmon caught for Salmon Sunday on our Salmon Safari's this year?
...of Soul: Harvesting the fruits of a deeper walk with God, like tending a garden, doesn't come easily. In the richness of disciplined Christian fellowship, meeting weekly as the Lectionary Groups do, we begin to harvest the fruit of the Spirit - love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, self-control. These qualities do not come suddenly. But over time, looking back, we see how we truly are on the path towards sanctification and holy living...Christ Jesus being our guide. And this tastes good even as we anticipate finding ways of Christian service to better be about "Growing Gods' kingdom by making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world."
Truly with the harvest - whether it be cucumbers or love, joy peace, patience, kindness, gentleness and self-control - comes its enjoyment!
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