Jesus has told us that we always demonstrate our consciousness. We always demonstrate what we habitually have in our mind. What sort of mind have you? Do not let anyone else tell you, because they do not know. People who like you will think your mentality is better than it is; those who do not like you will think is worse. Just examine your conditions and see what you are demonstrating. This method is scientific and infallible.
If an automobile engineer is working out a new design for an engine, for instance, he doesn’t, say: “I wonder what Smith thinks about this. I like Smith. If Smith is against this I won’t try it.” Nor does he say, “I won’t try this idea because it comes from France.” He is impersonal and unemotional about it. He says, “ I will test it out, and decide by the results I obtain.” All that anyone can do for you is to help you change your thought. You yourself must keep it changed. No one else can think for you. “No man can save his brother’s soul or pay his brother’s debt.”
…and I will put a new spirit within you… (Ezekiel 11:19).
Self-analysis is a tricky undertaking. To be successful it requires us to be objective about ourselves. That is tough. Our ability to rationalize, aversion to discomfort and desire to feel good about ourselves tends to undermine objective introspection. However, it is an essential part of living successfully in our gardens. If we ignore the weeds and bugs in our gardens, then we can not act to remove them and ensure the health of our garden. If we ignore, rationalize and deny the bugs and weeds in our lives, then we can not admit our wrongs, seek forgiveness for them and live in a wholesome condition.
The good news is that God gives us a means to be honest with ourselves and provides a path to forgiveness that is sure. God’s promise is that we will be forgiven and made whole if we repent and seek forgiveness. That is not something we as humans can do alone. But with God’s help we are guaranteed a positive result.
So, let each of us clear out our gardens today, face the truth about ourselves and ask God to forgive us, strengthen us and protect us. The we can start this day and every day with a new spirit, in forgiveness, in harmony with all and with joy in our hearts. And when we lay our heads down, we can sleep in peace knowing we are reconciled to God and ourselves.
Looking in,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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