08.14.2024 | Ordinary Wednesday

It is cloudy out in the Carondelet Garden this morning.  The clouds are expected to stick around all day with highs in the low 80s.  Unseasonably mild for mid-August in Saint Louis.  No complaints as the lawn must be mowed today.  

"This is the day the Lord has made, let us rejoice and be glad in it!" This is the day the Lord has made.  This one.  I didn't wake up this morning to a vague, general mercy from a far-off Creator.  I woke up to a creation filled with delight and knowing that this simple, ordinary day that I sometimes see as yet another monotonous day in a string of monotonous days is the day I am given as a gift.  Today I have a gift I can share or hold onto.  A gift to use or destroy.  What will I do with the gift I am given?

Annie Dillard writes that "How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives."  Am I filled with faith, hope and wonder?  Do I share that with others? How do I share this amazing gift I have been given?  Transformation happens in our simply, ordinary life when we dwell in creation with our Creator and our neighbors.  Sharing, growing, living with the faith and hope and love that tomorrow will come and the harvest will be plentiful.  

We are planting Fall lettuce and Rocket right now.  The Christmas "tatties" are in their grow bags and have already made an impressive start.  I'm excited as this is my first year trying potatoes for a second harvest in late Fall.  A bit of faith and hope happening right here in the Garden. 

How do we spend our days?  Here's a bit of faith and hope and a dash of love to share as you make your journey today.  Be good and be kind to yourself and others.  That's all the news from here in the Carondelet Garden.