Tending

How has my garden gotten so overgrown?
My most special place filled with weeds
and detritus from it's days of hibernation.
It needs tending like so many places in my life.

I feel guilty Lord,
for letting things get to this point.
Sometimes the guilt is so large,
it is easier to just look away
and leave the tending for another day.

This looking away just leads to
the need for more tending.

With spring around the corner,
there is hope for new growth.
But first my garden needs tended.

Lord give me the strength
to do the tending,
to clear away the old
so there is space for the new growth
you have in store for me.
AMEN.