Perhaps the second best prayer ever written is the Scotsman’s Prayer – “Lord give us a good conceit of ourselves.” You cannot have too much respect for yourself. You cannot have too much confidence in yourself. You cannot claim too much for yourself. But remember that you must realize these things as being the expression of God in you and not independent qualities of your own. You must also accept them as being true for every other human being.
Nothing but failure can come of self-depreciation. Of course, it is true that stupid people can get the malady called “swelled head” – and this ends in a fall – but the realization of one’s divine selfhood never gives swelled head. It gives wisdom, balance, poise, and steady progress. Think, talk, live your divine, glorious selfhood, and it will demonstrate itself in your life.
I have said, Ye are Gods; and all of you are children of the most High (Psalm 82:6).
Yes, brother and sisters, you heard that right. You are a God! Within each of us is the spark or seed of the divine. And just as our children have the seed or spark we planted in them, so do we all have God’s spark within us.
We are all capable of divinity in our thoughts, words and deeds. Yet, we are as infants in our spiritual lives and must grow, mature and learn in order to become fully divine. As spiritual children, we must follow God’s will to manifest our divinity.
So, as we grow in spiritual knowledge and understanding, we attain access to our divinity. And each day that our spiritual lives mature, we become more Christ-like. Just as a gardener learns the soils, seasons and sustenance needed in order to create a beautiful garden, so we must learn the ways of God, that our gardens will flourish and wing,
Still plowing,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
Superb! A reminder to stay on track and not “settle”. Being less than who we were created to be benefits no one and brings no glory to God. He stands on the bleachers of the stadium of our lives cheering us on to the fullness of our destinies. May we hear His voice and comply.
It is always a blessing to have you in the garden.
Being on God’s team makes us all saints, and Gods of our own garden.
With God cheering for us, who can stand against us?
Peace,
Z