The heavens are telling of the glory of God;
And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. (Psalm 19:1)
God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. (Genesis 1:31)
gardening took me up because gardening quickly grew in me a sense of wonder. I suspect my friend knew this when she introduced me to my first, little jade plant. She knew that gardening would introduce me to the extraordinary in the ordinary. You cannot help but begin to pay attention to the tiniest details as you garden, and in turn, begin to notice all kinds of other awe-producing details all around you. The varieties of the color green in the trees, grasses, plants and shrubs, the nuances of blue and aqua hues that shimmer on lakes and oceans, and the little creatures that share the world with us--birds, rabbits, coyotes, skunk, deer, dogs, and cats.
The Scriptures indicate that the natural response to wonder is worship. Indeed, the psalmist suggests that the very detailed elements of creation proclaim the glory and worship of God: "The heavens are telling of the glory of God; and their expanse is declaring the work of his hands!" (Psalm 19:1). We are drawn into the very presence of God when we wonder in God's creation. We affirm the beauty and the goodness of God as we wonder at creation. As we wonder, we agree with God "that all he had made...it was very good" (Genesis 1:31).
Have you lost your sense of wonder? Has your life gotten too busy, too laden with care that you cannot see God's extraordinary presence in the ordinary details of your life? If so, take time to garden your soul... you'll be taken up by wonder too!
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G.K. Chesterton said something to the effect of the world being so obviously put together by the hand of a Magician - The wonder of a tree being green because it could just as easily have been blue.
Yesterday, my friend Pat was discerning something regarding the homeless. A spiritual person in his life, without provocation or mention of any sort, began to tell him about how to handle something with the homeless less than an hour after his discerning arose. God is alive and speaks to us. Truly Wonder-Full!
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