Morning In The Garden

Weekly Message

Tom Seymour

June 8, 2014

Morning In The Garden

This morning broke still, calm and warm. After doing some daily chores, I sat outside under the shade of a flowering crabapple tree, next to a stand of dame’s rocket, a fragrant, phlox-like plant. Both were in full bloom.

As the sun grew stronger and cast its rays on the apple blossoms, honeybees and other bees began foraging for pollen. The bees were not present until the sunlight hit the blossoms.

Hummingbirds buzzed around a nearby nectar feeder and moths and butterflies flitted about, all part of this special morning in nature.

I know God made the world, created it by divine fiat. And I often wonder what the Garden of Eden was like. We today can’t possibly imagine the stunning beauty that was on the earth prior to the original sin. But spending some early-morning time in a garden, watching the natural world come to life, can give us a partial idea of the original glory.

As the apostle Paul said, “Now we see as through a glass, darkly, but then we will see fully.” He was remarking on how we really have no conception of the full glory of heaven. But in time, we will know it in truth.

But for now, if you can take some early-morning time and spend it quietly in a garden, you just might see a tiny glimmer of the wonders to come.