“Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.” Hebrews 12:11 The Gardener picked up his pruning shears,The sharpest ones with oiled blades so strongThat snipped with ease and never stuck up tight;A barrel for the leavesContinue reading “The Gardener’s Shears”