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To comprehend and to understand God above all similitudes, as He is in Himself, is to be God with God, without intermediary, and without any otherness that can become a hindrance or an intermediary. Whosoever wishes to understand this must have died to himself, and must live in God, and must turn his gaze to the eternal light in the ground of his spirit, where the Hidden Truth reveals Itself without means. - Ruysbroek.
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The Greatest Commandment
Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together. One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:
"Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?" Jesus replied: " 'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
This site is for those of all faiths and
those without a
faith in God with a hope and prayer that they will find Jesus Christ
as
their personal savior and know that
He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. I say this based on the miracles
in my life, the many times death has knocked on my
door only to be saved time and again.
My only goal is to inspire and give hope for those who are
hurting, lonely, shut in or have any of the many problems,
illnesses and difficulties this 'World' can present to
each of us and that they will find solace,
comfort and peace in the arms of
Jesus. The answers to my prayers over the
years have not always come when or in the fashion I desired but they
were always answered, many answered years after prayed.
I am a seven year lung cancer survivor, one of several fatal diseases I have encountered. This has only enhanced my faith.
I say faith,
not luck because in my heart I know G-d is there watching over me.
" Come
to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest.
Matthew 11:28
My prayer in starting this website was
and remains if it
helps one person I will have done my job.
Interestingly, that one person it helps daily is me.
When my life on this Earth ends and my spirit
returns to God,
I will be happy if I can reach the state of love that the thirteenth
century Poet, Rumi reached during his life. Those in attendance
at his funeral were Christian, Jew and Muslim; and no doubt
many other Religions and Philosophical leanings. One of
Rumi's quotes (Paraphrased), is:
"I went to a Church to find
God and He wasn't there.
I went to a Synagogue to find God
and He wasn't there.
I went to Mosque to find God and
He wasn't there.
I went into my heart and He was there".
Jesus the Way to the Father
John 14: 5-14
5Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you
are going, so how can we know the way?"
6Jesus answered,
"I am the way and the truth and the life. No
one comes to the Father except through me.
7If you
really knew me, you would know
my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."
8Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father and that will be enough
for us."
9Jesus answered: "Don't you know me, Philip, even after I have
been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father.
How can you say, 'Show us the Father'?
10Don't you
believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I
say to you are not just my own. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who
is doing his work.
11Believe me when I
say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on
the evidence of the miracles themselves.
12I tell you the truth, anyone who has
faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things
than these, because I am going to the Father.
13And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring
glory to the Father.
14You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
In my view, The Creator God made
all things
and that we are made of the Stardust that
The Creator used to make all things. My own Religious beliefs come from
reading the Bible many times and allowing my Spirit to be open to what the
words bring to my heart. The foundation of my beliefs of course come from
childhood teachings' from family, and the Baptist Church. I hold no
belief in any particular denomination or religion, I only know God
through my Spirit and what I believe to be what the Holy Spirit teaches me
in my heart and the intelligence that God gave me to use the brain He
created.
The use of material from many of the earths Religious
Traditions
and Secular Traditions will be found in pages of this Website.
It is for each person in their journey through life to find
The Joy of their lives and what part of that Stardust is their destiny.
The Lord God took the man and
put him in the
Garden of Eden as its
Gardener,
to tend and care for it. Genesis 2:15-16
This beautiful blue and green earth is not being tended to,
rather it is being destroyed by man.
The first job God
gave Adam was to "tend" and "care"
for the Garden of Eden, then Adam was given the
gift of woman, and the responsibility to "tend" and to "care"
for her and she for him, helping each other.
With the fruit of their becoming one the Lord gave the
precious gift of a child and their responsibility was to then
"tend" and "care" for their family along with the Garden.
Tending the Garden believes our role today is still the
same,
to "tend" and "care" for God's Green Earth that supports
and provides for every man, woman, boy and girl alive
today and for future generations. And to "tend'
and "care" for all God's children beginning with each family
and extending to the family of man. It is my prayer at Tending
the Garden that God will use this Website in His Way
and that the message boards for Prayer Request-Praise
Reports and Inspirational stories will "Serve" our Brothers
and Sisters by providing a forum to enable us to follow the command,
"Love
the Lord your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your mind.
This is the first and greatest commandment.
And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.
All the Law and
the Prophets hang on these two commandments." Matt. 22:37-40
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The Lord God is the Master Potter and the Master Gardener.
He not only molds and shapes our lives,
He "tends" to every aspect and detail of our lives
and He "cares" for us with His Infinite Love
and His Grace that exceeds our understanding.
"You
did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed
you to go and bear fruit--fruit that will last."
(John 15:16)
God also gives us positive people in our
lives.
God gives us parents, friends, relatives, teachers,
ministers, Rabbis and Angels to help mold our lives.
Do not forget to entertain
strangers, for by so doing
some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
Hebrews 13:2
God
has a plan of happiness and joy for each of his children,
you and me including all that have lived and all that will
ever live on this wonderful earth God created for us.
RCH
Why can't we live in Peace and honor and respect everyone and their Tradition?
No words in my vocabulary can describe this beautiful sight!
The purpose of this
Website is to plant seeds of love,
light and joy, by tending to the needs of Ourselves,
our Brothers and Sisters in this world and to tend
to the wonder-filled planet Mother Earth Created by God
and placed in our care.
Tending The Garden's simple goal is to bring stories of people, children to adults, eight to eighty who have done extraordinary things by planting seeds that have blossomed and born fruit to make our Home Earth and its People a better place with the hope that it will inspire others to continue planting seeds that will bring the fruit of Love, Peace and Sustainability to our Wonderful Planet, to this magnificent Blue Marble, small as it may be in the infinite.
As site develops, Simple and Organic Gardening tidbits will be added hopefully to aid in the Greening of the World to enhance our lives and add to sustainability of our planet where possible and to add the Joy of watching a seed grow and blossom into a thing of beauty.
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THE MASTER IN THE ART OF LIVING
MAKES LITTLE DISTINCTION BETWEEN HIS WORK AND HIS PLAY
HIS LABOR AND HIS LEISURE
HIS MIND AND HIS BODY
HIS EDUCATION AND HIS RECREATION
HIS LOVE AND HIS RELIGION
HE HARDLY KNOWS WHICH IS WHICH
HE SIMPLE PURSUES HIS VISION
OF EXCELLENCE IN WHATEVER HE DOES
LEAVING OTHERS TO DECIDE WHETHER HE IS WORKING
OR PLAYING. TO HIM HE IS ALWAYS DOING BOTH
ZEN BUDDHIST TEXT
God Is In Every Tomorrow
Therefore I Live For Today;
Certain Of Finding At Sunrise
Guidance And
Strength for The Day
Author Unknown
Natures God role in this magnificent life, no matter how you conceive or perceive God. After all, where did these mysterious seeds come from?
Be on look out for first story, "I Can Do That" A Promise Made, A Promise Kept" Henrietta Hester Harris's Life Story.
Ruby Henrietta Bundy Hester Harris (HHH)
- The Woman who founded the longest active Day Care Centers in North America
- The Woman who planted seeds in so many Children’s lives over a 58 year period that her legacy will live for ever has an x unknown expositional number of fruit born
- The little 12-year-old girl who went to the Church Alter and Promised God She would do the best she could do with His help.
- The little girl who carried the newspaper for 1 penny per paper while growing up during the depression on a dairy farm
- The little girl who walked to School one mile each way
- The big girl who paid every cent for her College education
- The woman who started a family while working up to three jobs, attended College and started family all at the same time
- The woman who worked at jobs that prepared her to set up in Church one night and say silently “ Lord I can do That, when the Pastor said what this neighborhood needs is some type of day care for all the women who now work after World War ll. Thus was born Tiny Tots Nursery School that became Hester's Creative Schools...Infant Care, Kindergarten, First through Third Grade Schools. Morning, Day Care and Evening Care
- Pioneer in Child Care, Developed Modern Child Care USA
- Pioneer in Recycling especially Recycling used in Children's Creative Art Work
- The Woman who loved and took care of two dying husbands for so many, many years, My God where did she get the courage and strength?
- The Woman who loves her family so deeply and has reared them to be good Citizens, good people, intelligent and hard working people that have made immeasurable contributions to the world, be they big or small
- The Woman who has given me a second Mother, not a step-mother and a blended family that is "Family", not blended, a family that was always my dream and wish
- The Woman who gave friend of over forty years Leroy Leftwitch more than any other person in his entire life including the “The Perfect Catch.”
- The list goes on and on and only you and your memories can be added
- The Woman with the Atlantic Ocean as her back yard at Emerald Isle, The Badin Lake House (A Slice Of Heaven), Cone Lake in back yard of her home and now resides in one of the most progressive retirement centers in the United States Wellspring.
- Use of Loving Discipline when all others in circa 1960's and 1970's were saying let the child decide…what a mistake the latter has turned out to be
- Use of proper nutrition and never ever let any child that looked malnourished or too poor to eat breakfast go hungry to start day hungry
- Remained positive with much adversity in life, example taking care of two dying husbands for 25 plus years and then taking care of third friend in his dying days
- Plus Much More A Must Read for all those who are interested in a REAL "NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND"
- A true life adventurer who has visited over fifty Countries and all fifty States in USA.
- Publishing soon.....be on look out for truly amazing story of an amazing woman
- The Woman who saved North Carolina Child Care from being a Department of Child Welfare through her Positive Political Activism
- Attended and Taught at International Child Care Event in Beijing, China
- The Woman who became a trustee of her beloved High Point University
- A Woman of vision who dedicated her life to others by planting seeds with eternal value, an example is one of her first Students is a Medical Doctor and the list grows from there.
Inauguration of Dr. Nino Quebin Left to Right: Ronald C Harris, Henrietta Hester Harris and Dr. Nido Quebin President of High Point University.
"I Can Do That" A Promise Made, A Promise Kept"
THE WIND, ONE BRILLIANT DAY
The wind , one brilliant day, called
to my soul with an odor of jasmine.
"In return for the odor of my jasmine,
I'd like all the odor of your roses."
"I have no roses; all the flowers
in my garden are dead."
"Well then, I'll take the withered petals
and the yellow leaves and the waters of the fountain."
The wind left, And I wept.
And I said to myself;
"What have you done with the garden
that was entrusted to you?"
Antonio Machado
translated by RB
Child overcomes Giant Adversity
Israel to this day is still fighting Goliath
We Will Never Forget 911
God Bless the USA
Never Forget
911
We must Never Stop the War against Terrorism until all Terrorist and enemies of the USA Domestic and Foreign are either dead or completely destroyed.
In Memory of all Americans and those from around the world who lost their lives in the heinous attack on the World Trade Center, The Pentagon and The brave first line civilian soldiers of Flight 93 and all who perished in a field in Pennsylvania.
Tending The Garden Website sends its heartfelt and deepest sympathies and condolences to the families and loved ones of the fallen Astronauts.
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Discovery Crew
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Georgia Midnight Blue
Blazing Sunset
Incredible
Please Read
You stay up for 16 hours
He stays up for days on end.
You take a warm shower to help you wake up.
He goes days or weeks without running water.
You complain of a 'headache', and call in sick.
He gets shot at as others are hit, and keeps moving forward.
You put on your anti war/don't support the troops shirt, and go meet up with your friends.
He still fights for your right to wear that shirt.
You make sure you're cell phone is in your pocket.
He clutches the cross hanging on his chain next to his dog tags.
You talk trash about your 'buddies' that aren't with you.
He knows he may not see some of his buddies again.
You walk down the beach, staring at all the pretty girls.
He patrols the streets, searching for insurgents and terrorists.
You complain about how hot it is.
He wears his heavy gear, not daring to take off his helmet to wipe his brow.
You go out to lunch, and complain because the restaurant got your order wrong.
He doesn't get to eat today.
Your maid makes your bed and washes your clothes.
He wears the same things for weeks, but makes sure his weapons are clean.
You go to the mall and get your hair redone.
He doesn't have time to brush his teeth today.
You're angry because your class ran 5 minutes over.
He's told he will be held over an extra 2 months.
You call your girlfriend and set a date for tonight.
He waits for the mail to see if there is a letter from home.
You hug and kiss your girlfriend, like you do everyday.
He holds his letter close and smells his love's perfume.
You roll your eyes as a baby cries.
He gets a letter with pictures of his new child, and wonders if they'll ever meet.
You criticize your government, and say that war never solves anything
He sees the innocent tortured and killed by their own people and remembers why he is fighting.
You hear the jokes about the war, and make fun of men like him.
He hears the gunfire, bombs and screams of the wounded.
You see only what the media wants you to see.
He sees the broken bodies lying around him.
You are asked to go to the store by your parents. You don't.
He does exactly what he is told even if it puts his life in danger.
You stay at home and watch TV.
He takes whatever time he is given to call, write home, sleep, and eat.
You crawl into your soft bed, with down pillows, and get comfortable.
He tries to sleep but gets woken by mortars and helicopters all night long.
If you support your troops, send this to 7 people. If you don't support your troops well, then don't send this out. You won't die in 7 days, your love life won't be affected, and you won't have the worst day ever. You don't have to email this. It's not like you know the men and women that are dying to preserve your rights.
REMEMBER our Troops, and do not forget them LATER
Lest we forget -
Jesus on Cross, All roads lead to Calvary.
Breathless
The War whether you support it or not, Please support our Troops
THE MARINES WANT THIS TO ROLL ALL
OVER THE U.S.
Please don't delete this until you send
it on,
Let's send it around the world.
FRIENDS ARE BORN,
NOT MADE
This is a poem being sent from a Marine
to his Dad.
For
those who take the time
to read it,
you'll see a letter from him to
his dad at the bottom.
It makes you truly
thankful
for not only the Marines,
but
ALL of our troops.
THE MARINE
&n bsp;
We all came together,
Both young and old
To fight for our freedom,
To stand and be bold.
In the midst of all evil,
We stand our ground,
And we protect our country
From all terror around.
Peace and not war,
Is what some people say.
But I'll give my life,
So you can live the American way.
I give you the right
To talk of your peace.
To stand in your groups,
and protest in our streets.
But still I fight on,
I don't bitch, I don't whine.
I'm just one of the people
Who is doing your time.
I'm harder than nails,
Stronger than any machine.
I'm the immortal soldier,
I'm a U.S. MARINE!
So stand in my shoes,
And leave from your home.
Fight for the people who hate you,
With the protests they've shown.
Fight for the stranger,
Fight for the young.
So they all may have,
The greatest freedom you've won
Fight for the sick,
Fight for the poor
Fight for the cripple,
Who lives next door.
But when your time comes,
Do what I've done.
For if you stand up for freedom,
You'll stand when the fight's done
By: Corporal Aaron M. Gilbert, US Marine Corps
USS SAIPAN, PERSIAN GULF
March 23, 2003
Hey Dad,
Do me a favor and label this 'The Marine' and send it to
everybody on your email list.
Even
leave this letter in it.
I
want this rolling all over the US ;
I want every home reading it. Every eye seeing it.
And every heart to feel it. So can you please send this for me? I would
but my email time isn't that long
and I don't have much time anyway.
You know what Dad?
I
wondered what it would be like to truly understand
what JFK said in His inaugural speech.
'When the time comes to lay down my life for my country,
I do not cower from this responsibility.
I
welcome it.'
Well, now I know.
And I do. Dad, I welcome the opportunity to do what I do. Even though I
have left behind a beautiful wife, and I will miss the birth of our
first born child, I would do it 70 times over to fight for
the place that God has made for my home.
I love you all and I miss you very much.
I wish I could be there when Sandi has our baby,
but tell her that I love her, and Lord willing,
I will be coming home soon.
Give Mom a great big hug from me and give one to yourself too.
Aaron
Please let this marine (and all our military) know we care by passing his poem onto your friends even if you don't usually take time to forward mail...do it this time!
Thanks,
Let's help Aaron's dad spread the word ..... FREEDOM isn't FREE Someone pays for you and me.
God bless you!
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This came from a friend who is fighting in Iraq....Bernd
Please Read
You stay up for 16 hours
He stays up for days on end.
You take a warm shower to help you wake up.
He goes days or weeks without running water.
You complain of a 'headache', and call in sick.
He gets shot at as others are hit, and keeps moving forward.
You put on your anti war/don't support the troops shirt, and go meet up with your friends.
He still fights for your right to wear that shirt.
You make sure you're cell phone is in your pocket.
He clutches the cross hanging on his chain next to his dog tags.
You talk trash about your 'buddies' that aren't with you.
He knows he may not see some of his buddies again.
You walk down the beach, staring at all the pretty girls.
He patrols the streets, searching for insurgents and terrorists.
You complain about how hot it is.
He wears his heavy gear, not daring to take off his helmet to wipe his brow.
You go out to lunch, and complain because the restaurant got your order wrong.
He doesn't get to eat today.
Your maid makes your bed and washes your clothes.
He wears the same things for weeks, but makes sure his weapons are clean.
You go to the mall and get your hair redone.
He doesn't have time to brush his teeth today.
You're angry because your class ran 5 minutes over.
He's told he will be held over an extra 2 months.
You call your girlfriend and set a date for tonight.
He waits for the mail to see if there is a letter from home.
You hug and kiss your girlfriend, like you do everyday.
He holds his letter close and smells his love's perfume.
You roll your eyes as a baby cries.
He gets a letter with pictures of his new child, and wonders if they'll ever meet.
You criticize your government, and say that war never solves anything
He sees the innocent tortured and killed by their own people and remembers why he is fighting.
our hear the jokes about the war, and make fun of men like him.
He hears the gunfire, bombs and screams of the wounded.
You see only what the media wants you to see.
He sees the broken bodies lying around him.
You are asked to go to the store by your parents. You don't.
He does exactly what he is told even if it puts his life in danger.
You stay at home and watch TV.
He takes whatever time he is given to call, write home, sleep, and eat.
You crawl into your soft bed, with down pillows, and get comfortable.
He tries to sleep but gets woken by mortars and helicopters all night long.
If you support your troops, send this to 7 people. If you don't support your troops well, then don't send this out. You won't die in 7 days, your love life won't be affected, and you won't have the worst day ever. You don't have to email this. It's not like you know the men and women that are dying to preserve your rights.
REMEMBER our Troops, and do not forget them LATER
Lest we forget -
Jesus in Garden
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