A Blessing for Every Garden

I bless your garden—

May it grow and bear much fruit

As you work it and keep it.

“The Lord God planted a garden …

And the Lord God took the man

And put him in the garden of Eden

To work it and keep it.”  (Gen. 2:8, 15)

What’s your garden?

You’ve got one.

A sphere of influence,

A patch of this world

You’ve been given

To watch over and pull weeds

And water and wait in faith.

Whatever your garden –

A marriage…

The children …

The grandchildren …

A classroom …

A neighborhood …

A workplace …

A friendship…

I bless it to flourish

In beauty and fruitfulness.