I'm excited! Today is the day that I'm going to transplant all of my seedlings in to my garden. These seedlings were started from seeds in late March and early April. I've been nurturing and watching them grow. I've transplanted them to larger containers. I've been setting them outside everyday for the past week and a half for an increasing number of hours each day - known as the hardening off process. And today is the BIG day! They're going to be planted in the garden.
I find parallels in gardening to life and faith. I struggle sometimes with knowing how much to "let God" and how much to do on my own. Gardening helps me with that. Watching seeds become plants that produce wonderful tomatoes, zucchini, lettuce, etc is nothing short of miraculous. I see God's hand in all of it. He created it! Yet, I wouldn't have this bounty of food to enjoy if I didn't first plant the seeds and then nurture and tend to them. If I don't keep the garden watered, weeded, free of plant destroying pests (bugs, bunnies, squirrels, etc) I won't enjoy the fruits of my labor.
For me, in my life this translates to the fact that I need to do create the opportunities - plant the seeds. I need to do the necessary work - tend and nurture the seedlings. I need to keep the negative, life destroying forces away - do the weeding. And I need to let God take care of the transformation.
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