He Plants.

I am so inspired by my sister-in-law, Lara. She has the ability to see God in the everyday. Check out her latest blog about this very subject here: He Asked I have been so inspired that this morning in my overly drowsy state while waking, I asked the Lord for this gift. Lord, let me see you in the everyday, in the mundane parts of my day, I want to see you. 


Imagine my surprise when He answered! ;o) He's so good at that isn't He?!


Dave and I have been preparing our little 25x20 foot garden. The soil is fantastic. It's dark with tons of earthworms. The tree in the middle of our porch provides just the right amount of shade over the yard so that the Texas sun won't scorch the plants. It seems that the landscape of our yard is just right so that the water runoff flows through the garden. Once we add a little soaker hose, it will hopefully be fantastic! 


Let me backtrack to this fantastic tree I mentioned. I have a love-hate relationship with this grand creation. While the shade it provides is amazing, it is in the process of "popping out" for spring. Bright green leaves are filling out and it is dropping  thousands upon thousands of its seedlings. I don't know what kind of tree it is, but the seedlings are long, brown and snaky looking. ....And they have COVERED my precious garden soil. 


So, today, Dave and I are in the garden raking these blessed tree children out of the garden. (We are prepping to plant tomorrow since rain is coming later this week). As I'm raking, I was finding myself rather impressed with the dark soil I was uncovering. It was beautiful. And then it hit me. 


God knows the soil that we have beneath the messy things the world drops on us. He sees the potential that lies beneath. Like the gardener, He gently works the soil, pulling the mess off the top and sometimes digging a little deeper to pull out the weeds. And then sometimes He surgically removes that which would strangle the very life He is about to plant. (I have images of Dave and the 1/4" in diameter tree root he found today. That poor root got its guts chopped to bits -sweat and dirt and root bits flying everywhere, poor guy.) And when the soil is right, when it has been prepped and made ready to receive, He plants. 


Thanks Lord for showing me You in the everyday. May my eyes continue to be open.