Encountering God in a backyard garden: I’m worthwhile to Him

[Michie]

All the time, the pruning, and effort -- God thinks we are so worthwhile. Are we going to let God take care of us in His garden today?​

The smell of chili spice wafted through the garden as I collected Sunday’s harvest into the upturned bottom half of my oversized shirt. I tiptoed around my backyard, feeling the cool earth between my toes as the morning sun kissed my face. In the kitchen, I peeled tomatillo husks and diced cherry bomb peppers as I looked out the window to the rest of the ripening patch. While the garden was once nothing more than a menagerie of seeds planted haphazardly in tilled soil, it is now where my labor was coming to fruition, literally. I was making my first “garden to table” recipe: a humble bowl of salsa.

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Encountering God in a backyard garden: I'm worthwhile to Him

All the time, the pruning, and effort -- God thinks we are so worthwhile. Are we going to let God take care of us in His garden today?

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[Didier1]

Une expérience incroyable que vous vivez ! C’est en quelque sorte semblable au mien lorsque j’étais dans les ténèbres avant qu’Il ne m’appelle à son sa lumière que vous pouvez retrouver ici How did I go from darkness to the Light of God?