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 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.



"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the Law of Christ." (Gal:6:2)  "Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the Law of Christ." (Gal:6:2) "Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the Law of Christ." (Gal:6:2)
 

  

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.
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.

" 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
 Rum'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.
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If 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.

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Believe 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.
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I 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.
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And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Son may bring glory to the Father.
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You 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.

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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"I Can Do That"

Be on look out for first story, I can do that, a promise made a promise kept Henrietta Hester Harris's Life Story. 

Click Here for Henrietta's 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 63 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 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.

 

Inauguration of Dr. Nino Quebin Left to Right: Ronald C Harris, Henrietta Hester Harris and Dr. Nido Quebin President of High Point University.

Click Here for Henrietta's Story 


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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


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O Great Spirit, Hear Us

O Great Spirit whose voice we hear in the winds
and whose breath gives life
to all the world,
Hear Us, We are small and weak.
We come to be with you in mind to find strength and wisdom.
Let us walk in beauty
and make our eyes
ever behold the sunset.
Make our hands respect
the things you have made
and our ears sharp
to hear you voice.
Make us wise
so that we may understand
the things you have taught our relatives.
Let us learn the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock.
We seek strength,
not to be greater than our brothers and sisters,
but to fight our greatest enemy-ourselves.
Make us always ready to come to you
with clean hands and straight eyes.
So when life fades, as the fading sunset our spirit may come to you
without shame.
 
Source Unknown

 
 
 

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


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