Plant God's Hope
Psalm 33:20-22 We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love be with us, Lord, even as we put our hope in you. When I was young, our family planted a huge garden. Dad plowed the ground and created rows for us to plant corn, green beans, tomatoes, peas, and other good veggies. Down the hill from our pond, Dad plowed a plot meant just for potatoes, which seemed gigantic in my young mind. When it came time to harvest and put up the bounty, everyone pitched in. My brothers, cousin, and I grabbed baskets and plucked beans and ears of corn off those beautiful plants. When we shucked the corn, I hated finding those gross little worms that ate into the kernels, but I did my job anyway. I much preferred the relaxing rhythm of breaking beans and shelling peas. When the potatoes matured, we searched for them as if they were Easter eggs b...
