Mary mistook Jesus for the gardener after he'd risen from the dead. Maybe she was not so mistaken.
Gardener: one who works in a garden.
Garden: where life began and ended (Eden) and ended in order for it to begin again (Gethsemane) ... the seed first has to die in order to bear fruit.
The gardener DELIGHTS in seeing things grow. the garden is his joy. sees potential in bare soil. kneels on the ground and gets his hands dirty. cannot force growth but does all he can to prepare and encourage and maintain
"...while every branch that does bear fruit he prunes so that it will be even more fruitful" ---
[those who do not garden may not understand the seemingly harsh necessary measures taken]
BUT "if you knew I was GOOD... then while you might not always understand what i am doing, you would trust me"
(i know i've used this quote before but i love it!)
"this garden is your soul. this mess is you! Together, you and I, we have been working with a purpose in your heart. And it is wild and beautiful and perfectly in process. To you it seems like a mess, but to me, see a perfect pattern emerging and growing and alive...
quotes from the new testament and 'the shack'.
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