Author Archives: Adonai's Appeal

After Gethsemane, God used another garden. After Jesus was crucified, Joseph of Arimathea gave up his tomb and buried Jesus there. Jesus tomb was in a garden. There’s so much symmetry in Jesus God’s only son being buried in a garden. Afterall, a garden is the first thing God made in this world so itContinue reading “The Garden of the Empty Tomb”

Remember back in the garden of Eden, man introduced sin and death into this world which severed their perfect relationship with God. Because of man’s sin, put into action His plan of salvation which He had already created knowing that mankind would be always chose to obey Him. He foreshadows this plan in Eden whenContinue reading “The Garden of Gethsemane”

The first garden we are told God ever planted was the Garden of Eden. Eden was the perfect garden. Everything God made and planted was good. And God didn’t keep His garden private. Nope! He put Hos children – the first man and woman – Adam and Eve in His perfect garden. Moses tells usContinue reading “The Garden of Eden”

Here in my home city – there is a local group of master gardeners (a groups I aspire to join one day). They host classes on gardening and show off their gardens to other gardeners. But even Master Gardeners of West Texas pale in comparison to The Master Garden. And we’ve come the last fewContinue reading “The Gardens of God”

Ask any farmer or gardener and they will tell you that farming is a collective effort. The success of any garden or farmer is not just dependent on you (and your fellow farm hands or garden helpers) but on God. There is only some much you can do as a gardener and well the restContinue reading “Planting & Watering”

You will only grow what you plant. A gardener can’t want to grow roses and plant lilies, hoping to get roses. You can’t plant tomatoes hoping to grow blueberries. It just won’t happen. This principle is true in our lives. Paul tells us God is not mocked, so we shouldn’t be deceived. We will onlyContinue reading “Sowing & Reaping”

No gardener wants weeds. They pull them out and destroy them. Jesus tells a parable about weeds and gardeners. In this story, a gardener plants his garden and while his workers were asleep and the enemy snuck in and threw out weed seeds with the good seeds. The plants starting growing the servants asked theContinue reading “Weeds vs. Plants”

You aren’t a gardener if you don’t plant. You can clean, wash, pull weeds, prep soil, gather supplies, and more but if you never attempt to grow something you just simply aren’t a gardener. But planting is fraught with dangers and possibles. The plants may never take off. They may grow for a little butContinue reading “A Gardener Must Plant”

Gardeners are constantly pulling weeds. You don’t want them to spread and you don’t want their roots to take hold in your soil or pot. So, it is important to gardeners to pull weeds. But if you don’t replace them with something else or you don’t root them out completely they will return and canContinue reading “Clean out AND Replace!”

Here’s the thing about gardening and farming – it’s hard work especially in the ground planting. Don’t get me wrong pot planting is hard too but it’s not nearly as hard as in the ground gardening. Whether you’re a farmer or a gardener, in the ground planting is hard hard work. And if you tryContinue reading “Work Hard, Don’t Follow After Emptiness.”