In the beginning...

Well, welcome to my new blog!  I tried this once a few yeas ago and really didn't stick with it but I may still revive that one too.  It had a totally different purpose than this one. 

So you may be wondering what this blog is about.  Well, I would have to describe it as being a journey of discovery for me.  You see I am a relatively new Christian (about a year and a half).  I think this is supposed to be both my ministry and my way of learning more about God and how to be a good Christian. You see, I am just a simple country boy that enjoys digging in the dirt and growing things. One day this idea occured to me, I was weeding our church garden and I realized that we all need to weed our lives every now and again.  Writing doesn't come naturally to me but the thought that this would be a good  ideas for a blog entry occured to me.  Thats when the realization hits me that this is the Holy Spirit giving me a little nudge. 

At this point I really started to talk to God about this crazy idea that he was putting in my head, "Really, me writting a blog, I've already tried that, it didn't work out to well last time" I said.  "But you weren't listening to me then", He said.  "But I only have one idea, its going to be a really short blog", I said. Then another idea poped into my head. "Ok, so now I have two, that still not going to get me very far", I said to Him. Then other ideas started to pop into my head in a rapid fire type of way. "Ok, I get the picture. I am not alone in this, your going to help me with the ideas for the blog. I guess I have said that I want you to use me as you need me. I guess this is a good example of how we are to rely on you to do the things that we can't by ourselves.", I said.  I got a very simple response back, "Yep".  So here I am, starting a new blog.

So what should you, the reader, expect?  Well, I can't really tell you where this is going to go, but it is going to start out as a "Lessons for life, from the perspective of a Christian gardner".  I am hoping to write these entries in a devotional type form, using a Bible passage to start from and then a short story on how we can apply that lesson to our lives using gardening as the means of describing it.  I know that for now I have no followers, but my hope is that over time not only can this be a method for me to study Gods Word and become a better Christian, but maybe I can help others do the same.  So, future followers of this blog,  please leave comments, both encouragment and criticism.  I am still learning and may be looking at things the wrong way.  If we can get some good discussion going maybe we can all discover how our gardens can teach us about God.

Thanks,
Matt