This blog is to share my thoughts on Home as a Holy Place. Twenty-five years of marriage and children have brought many adventures that teach me daily home can be sacred ground. Wherever we seek Christ and whenever He reaches into our lives the holiness begins.

An Abundance of Zucchini

We have a garden.  And it is August.  Which means harvest time has begun.  One of the great and eternal truths of gardening is that there is always more than enough to share. It is evident that I worship a God of abundance.   

 I have lots of beet greens, kale, corn, melons and peppers.  I have buckets of cucumbers and cherry tomatoes.  I also have lots of zucchini. Piles of zucchini. Zucchini "pressed down and running over."  (Luke 6:38)  Everywhere I look in my garden I see and feel abundance.  There is plenty for all.  No need to be hungry.  Enough and to spare. 

Could I have that in my home?  Everywhere I look and hear, could we create an abundance of things of the spirit?  Can we produce an abundance of the kinds of words that fill the air with healing, joy and connection?

I want to hear an abundance of kind, helpful and reassuring words:
  • "How can I help you?"
  • "You are amazing."
  • "Just right!"
I envision an abundance of listening words:
  • "I hear what you are saying."  
  • "That must be hard, how can I make it better for you?"
  • "Help me understand."
And the air would be filled with healing words:
  • "I'm sorry."
  • "I forgive you."  
  • "I care about you."  
The abundant home would have buckets of hugs and kind deeds.

Recently one of us had an epic meltdown.  No abundance. Lack of adequate sleep. Shortage of listening.  Famine of caring.  Barren of understanding.  Dry of hope.  My child was like a wilted plant.  As water to a thirsty plant, my child revived with the persistent attention of kind and healing words.  Not until there was an abundance of humility, listening and caring, was there healing.   The light came back in her eyes as I sought to understand.   

God gives so abundantly to us and evidence of his love is everywhere.  How vital that we feel it and share it with those all around us, especially in our homes. We all desperately need emotional light, air and warmth.   How joyful when it is returned back again to us.

 I love this verse from Luke 6:38
     "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, 
      and shaken together, and running over." 
 
Every time I walk into my garden, I am given ample evidence to remind me that God's love is abundant and I can give abundantly.
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