A Blessing for You Who are Being Planted
by Rev. Dr. Amy Chilton on 05/18/23
Friends, as we step solidly into the beautiful spring, planting and growing flowers and fruit and veggies, participating in the joy of stewarding God’s good creation, I give you this blessing for your day:
Blessed are you who are buried. You who feel stuck in the depths of despair or who sit in the pit of unknowing. You who are learning to trust the timing of a tender Gardener.
Blessed are you who are growing, you who burst with new life, fresh creativity. Who understand the pain that sometimes comes with stretching and changing, pruning and being cut back.
And blessed are you in your season of fruitfulness. You who are learning to abide in the vine, and who taste the sweetness of God’s loving-kindness. The God who was there all along – planting, waiting, watering, pruning, delighting. The God who pays careful attention to God’s garden.*
Blessings,
Pastor Amy
* Prayer from Kate Bowler’s and Jessica Richie’s Good Enough: 40ish Devotionals for a life of Imperfection, p. 232
