Worshipful Wednesday: Lessons from the Garden, Part 1

Several years ago, I sat down and started writing out the thoughts that had come into my head during the time I spent in the garden. It was like God was showing me how our lives are mirrored in the way His creation works. I'd like to share with you what God was teaching me (what I'm still learning to this day). Here is part one...

Soil

When we clear away everthing that is dead and rotting from our hearts, the ground is soft and open. Then God sends the rain that soaks in deep. This rain may be light and refreshing, but most of the time it is a downpour, complete with lightning and thunder and wind. It seems so harsh, as though it would uproot and wash away the seedlings that God planted. However, He has a perfect plan. He knows just how much rain to send to bring us back to life and into a right relationship with Him. Our job is to hold fast during the storm, trusting that soon the Sun will come again and we will be ready to grow, having been nourished abundantly by our Master Gardener, the Lord God.

"For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." Jeremiah 29:11-13

Stephanie