Garden Planting Time

It's the time of year when many of us are thinking about planting our gardens.  As you 
plan, I have some suggestions to consider:

PLANT three rows of squash:
1.	Squash gossip.
2.	Squash criticism.
3.	Squash indifference.

PLANT three rows of peas:
1.	Purity.
2.	Patience.
3.	Perseverance.

PLANT six rows of lettuce:
1.	Let us be unselfish and loyal.
2.	Let us be faithful to duty.
3.	Let us search scripture.
4.	Let us not be weary in well-doing.
5.	Let us be obedient in all things.
6.	Let us love one another.

NO GARDEN is complete without turnips:
1.	Turn up for meetings, in prayer and Bible study.
2.	Turn up with a smile, even when things are difficult.
3.	Turn up with a determination to do your best in God's service.

After planting, may you "Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus 
Christ (1 Peter 3:18).  And may you reap rich results.

Growing together,

Leslie S. Chapman