The Expectant Garden

Christ tells us that “It is the Spirit who gives life.  The words that I speak to you are Spirit, and they are life” (Jam 6:63).

God spoke the first words, electing to use them to make himself known to us.  And by the Word of Scripture, the beloved can envision all that can be known about God.

God also uses his creation as the means to reveal Himself.  Every blooming flower and soaring bird speaks to the nature of God’s beauty.  Poetry, works of art and the giving of one’s love to another reflect his love, holiness and wonder.

The Word of God is like an expectant garden waiting for searching hands to dig into its soil.

The gardener sifts for the best place to plant seeds.

They are left hidden beneath the soil, watered and given back to God.

The expectant garden soon becomes transformed.  Splendid beauty and sweet scents fill the air, rising all the way to heaven.

Transformation has taken hold of the garden, as well as the life of its Gardener.

The more time the Gardener spends nourishing life within the garden, the more full his or her life becomes.

Consider how the morning stars sang together as God laid the cornerstones of the earth.  Creation does not simply stand still and watch God at work.

The stars sang.

The sons of God rejoiced.

They saw all God was doing – and sang.

God never creates alone. By his creative acts, He brings joy to his creatures.

In the beauty of God’s creation, He becomes more known to us.

Knowing God in love, we soon discover who we truly are.   We begin to see ourselves in the splendid way God sees us.

It is the Spirit of God who gives life to world.

It is God’s love who gives us breathe.

Sing like the stars.

Rejoice as sons and daughters

In the magnificence of God.