This is my first year of having my own garden and I am proud to say that it looks amazing. Now I can say that I have done most of the work, making the raised garden beds, mixing the smelly fertilizer into the soil, watering every other day, and trimming, taking 100% credit for the wonderful growth of my plants, but in truth I really haven’t done much.

“But you did. Look at all the work and time you put into your garden. How can you say you didn’t do it?”

Well, I may have prepared for the plants as best as I could, but without God those plants would never have grown, no matter how much fertilizer or water I put in those garden beds. My little bit of work is nothing compared to God creating the seed that the plants come from and His allowing the plant to take the vitamin D from the sun and the roots absorbing the water in the dirt. Without his perfect plan and creation all my effort would have been for not.

We need to remember that without our amazing God, our lives are like that garden. Without God, we have not purpose and no power to do anything. With God, we are created and can grow into believers he can be proud of to call his children. Let God fill you and help you grow today.