Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
To garden is to learn more about the Father and His wishes for us! He tells us to train up a child. What does this mean? We have to give the children a firm knowledge of the faith that Christ gave us- a path to follow- through teaching and example and practice! We are to know, love, and serve our Lord. We are to follow the 10 Commandments! We are to do it God's way, not our way!
Can you imagine the fate of this beautiful vine if it had nothing to climb? It would fall to the ground. When the rains came, it would get trampled in the mud. The beauty would be gone! Parts of it might continue to grow- but it would be on the ground- searching desperately for something to climb, attaching itself to any weeds that are in its path. It would attach itself to anything that appeared to be going upward, because that is the direction that God created it to go. If it is unable to find anything, it will start to twist around itself, until it chokes the very life out of itself.
Therefore, train up a child that they may bloom as God intends!
