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Lent 2021: A Story to Live BySample
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The gardener
So you walk through heaven's gates
(which of course are not gates,
are nothing that can be narrow,
nothing that can be closed)
and you are surprised to find yourself
not in a throne room,
but in a garden.
There are sweet peas and sunflowers,
there are bees among the lavender,
there are roses. There are thorns
on the stems of the roses.
The soil is dark,
and not unfamiliar.
Looking for the one in charge
you notice the gardener.
They are pottering around;
they are idling around;
there is dirt beneath their nails.
You notice the sort of smile that suggests
they are about to reveal
the most wonderful secret.
Author: Gideon Heugh
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Lent is a chance to re-plant our feet firmly upon the Rock of Ages. To remind ourselves of truths that never change, no matter what is going on in the world around us. It is a chance to remind ourselves of the story that...
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