Today I gardened, and for once I did not try to take pictures of every aspect of my experience. Spring is today. The sun was shining, the earth was damp, if the seeds could have spoken they would have asked to be planted. Now I have dirt under my fingernails, dirt between my toes, and the satisfaction of knowing I did something today to make the world a more beautiful place, given the seeds I planted grow into plants.

  It really is incredible to think that the dried up dead plant parts that got poked into the ground have the potential to come to life. To put out roots and leaves and grow flowers and fruit. Dead little seeds come to life. And of course that reminds me of the similarities between salvation and growth of a seed. Before and person comes to Christ, they are dead. Then, after Christ calls them and they are saved by His grace, they come to life just like the seed does. They grow and bloom. Seeds are an awe-inspiring picture of the gospel.