resurrection!

baby brocolli:)

On Saturday, we had our first sprouts! And now most of the things we seeded last Tuesday have sprouted. I was so nervous that our soil mix wasn't right or something was wrong simply because I am a big time worrier...the cool thing is that God has challenged me directly with my passion for growing food for people. It is a challenge because I am a perfectionist and a big time worrier, but with farming you cannot control most of the variables that give you a good crop because you are dealing with nature...you are dealing with God. So basically, my life with either be consumed with worry and frustration or filled by completely letting go to God. God is pushing me to my limits by forcing me to let go and trust in His Great Creation to provide for me and my friends. A farm is an undertaking taken with a humility towards God because it really is more of Him and less of you. That is why I love it.

RESURRECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let me tell you a lil' bit about resurrection. When I was going through the traditional edumacation process at Belmont University, I had the great pleasure of taking a Christian Doctrine class. In a lecture about resurrection, my professor said that the first sprouts of Spring should be to us a symbol of Christ's resurrection. Not only did Jesus show us how to live in love of God and each other, but he also showed us how to die. It was his life that led to his resurrection, neither would have existed without the other. Christ was like the first sprout bursting from the Earth showing us how it was done and bringing us into this state of "already, not yet" in the Kingdom. We, living as Christ showed us, will follow his example in being resurrected at the end of the age. How exciting is that?!!!?!!!! As I see our sprouts bursting from the soil, all that I can think of is Gods people bursting from the Earth into new life with Him. Amen folks.