I love to plant seeds and can't wait til they pop up out of the soil! Then watching them grow is even more exciting! I can't believe that others don't see God in this miracle of new growth every Spring. The earth comes a live! Following are a few quotes that I have come across and websites.
Gardening: It is the closest one can come to being present at creation.—Phyllis Theroux“Thank you, God, for the soil; thank you, God, for the sun; thank you, God, for the water; thank you for the seed.” -
http://www.themennonite.org/issues/11-4/articles/Growing_with_God_through_gardening
“You care for the soil, you care for the soul; the difference between soil and soul is U and I.” - Ted Zerger
Just as we can't give physical birth to ourselves, we can't accomplish this spiritual birth by ourselves, either. God gives it, but through faith in Christ we can request it:
http://www.themennonite.org/issues/11-4/articles/Growing_with_God_through_gardening
“You care for the soil, you care for the soul; the difference between soil and soul is U and I.” - Ted Zerger
Just as we can't give physical birth to ourselves, we can't accomplish this spiritual birth by ourselves, either. God gives it, but through faith in Christ we can request it:
"In his great mercy he (God the Father) has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you ..." (1 Peter 1:3-4, NIV)
http://christianity.about.com/od/christiandoctrines/a/newbirth.htm
