All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable for training in
righteousness, 2 Timothy 3:16. The soul, therefore, gains great advantage
from the reading of the Bible.
Like a tree planted by streams of water, Psalms 1:3,
the soul is irrigated by the Bible and acquires vigor, produces tasty fruit,
namely, true faith, and is beautified with a thousand green leaves, namely,
actions that please God.
The Bible in fact, leads us towards pure
holiness and holy actions. In it we find
encouragement to all the virtues and the warning to flee from evil.
The Bible is a scented garden, delightful,
beautiful. It enchants our ears with
birdsong in a sweet, divine and spiritual harmony, it touches our heart,
comforts us in sorrow, soothes us in a moment of anger, and fills us with
eternal joy.
Let us knock at its gate with diligence and
with perseverance. Let us not be
discouraged from knocking. The latch
will be opened.
If we have read a page of the Bible two or
three times and have not understood it, let us not be tired of re-reading it
and meditating on it. Let us seek in the
fountain of this garden, a spring of
water welling up to eternal life, John 4:14. We shall taste a joy that will never dry up,
because the grace of the Bible garden is inexhaustible.
Thinking
about gardens and bees, here is a short message from former bee keeper,
Matushka Nina:
Another great patron of bees and beekeepers is
St. John the Baptist. We had an outdoor icon of him in our bee yard. Every year on the feast of Mid-Pentecost,
when gardens and orchards are blessed, he also would bless the bee yard. And also St. Spyridon would be one, as he is
always depicted wearing a beekeeper’s hat in icons.
Some people have
undertaken a project of planting a Bible Garden. You can find photos of these beautiful gardens
on-line. The book below is useful for
getting your own Bible Garden going:
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