Praying the Mind & the Will of God as I am working in the Garden

In the very first passages in the Bible where we are introduced to God, HE is not revealed to us as a warrior or a judge or even a sovereign, but first, a gardener, a nurturer of all life, protector, and planter, a designer, keeper, and pruner concerned with creation producing fruit.

My own experiences with gardening bring to mind an entirely different set of emotions and dispositions than I typically consider God as having: Delight in dirty hands, my own investment in the life I’ve planted, the thrill of fruit, the gentle attention to life, the compilation and cooperation with so many different factors — wind and rain, sun and predators — and the pleasure of simply being near it all. Remember God created it all with HIS WORDS!