A Little Reflection

Since my last post I have been planning, thinking, pondering, wondering (maybe wandering a little while I wonder), debating and dreaming about my new future garden, I've been reflecting ;) as well. And I keep coming back to the Bible. And it's wonderful. 

I've only recently accepted the idea of a garden in our apartment. Before, I would always talk myself out of it. It was either "Oh I can't plant one now, My apartment is too small", "we don't have enough money for it", "we wouldn't have enough time", or the most dreaded thing I would tell myself "PLANT KILLER". Yes, I have killed a few plants in my time, between overwatering, under watering, and cats a few plants have met their demise. 

It's not that I haven't wanted to have a garden. I have wanted a garden for a long time. Especially one with herbs and veg.  But would always say it's not for me. Even after talking myself out of it, I would still want to grow a garden. But why would I have such a strong desire to grow, tend, care for plants? (This is where we turn to the Bible) I have been contemplating why my urge to have a garden was so strong if it wasn't ment for us to do. 

We can start off in the "beginning" (wink wink) 

Genesis 2:8"Now the Lord God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed." 

The first garden ever planted was the Garden of Eden! I know that we have been taught that since Sunday School. But think about it... Our creator was a gardener. He put thought into what to plant, where to plant, how many, and so far and so forth. (and if you want to get even deeper, He designeed each plant from "scratch" before He planted it).After that how could I ask myself "why do I feel the need to have a garden?" because if our creator was a gardener and He created us, why not have a urge to plant, tend, plan, and care? 

After reading that Bible verse, I decided to go and find out how many times the word "garden" showed up in the Bible. Now, some might consider me lazy by going to Biblegateway.com and typing it into the search engine... BUTTTTTTTTTT.... I like to think of it as using the resources that I have. After the quick check, I found that there are 62 times the word "garden" shows up in the NIV. I decided to also type in a few other words:Garden 62 timesvine 182 times
farm 22 times
field 284 timesvineyard 108Gardener 2 times

Gardener only showed up 2 times. But very strong imagery. 

John 15:1[ The Vine and the Branches ] “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.

We are always taught to follow God, be more like Christ. :) And I have found that my desire to garden is a reflection of my creator. 

I hope that this little reflection was helpful to all of you.
With Blessings