{"id":22529,"date":"2025-07-17T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=22529"},"modified":"2025-07-15T20:49:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T01:49:02","slug":"living-and-being-gods-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mypeacezone.com\/?p=22529","title":{"rendered":"Living and Being God’s Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our time in Denver included one of the highlights \u2014 truly one of the sweetest scents of our visit \u2014 was our walk through the Denver Botanic Gardens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was more than a stroll. It was a soul-awakening.
From the moment we stepped through the entrance, it felt like we\u2019d entered Eden\u2019s side gate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The trees whispered. The flowers beamed. The fragrance of fresh life lingered like a heavenly hug. It was as if God Himself had painted the paths with a palette of peace and delight.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Gardens house the largest collection of cold-climate plants in North America \u2014 along with native Colorado flora, the serene Japanese garden of Wind and Pines, and the world\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each turn unveiled a new kind of beauty. A new scent. A fresh texture. A soft breeze through tall grasses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It made me wonder \u2014 what if our lives looked like this?<\/p>\n\n\n

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What if we lived as God\u2019s garden? Not overgrown with worry or withered by comparison\u2026 but blooming with the fruit of the Spirit:
Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. (Galatians 5:22\u201323)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wouldn\u2019t that be the most fragrant offering to a weary world?<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Denver Botanic Gardens reminded me: God is a gardener. He planted Eden. He walks among His creation. And today, He still plants beauty in us \u2014 seeds of mercy, blossoms of grace, fruit that nourishes the people around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re not just meant to admire the garden. We\u2019re meant to be it.
Isaiah 58:11 says, \u201cYou will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Truth is \u2013 we are God\u2019s garden AND His gardeners — called to tend the garden of humanity — all the world that God so loves. Tending the garden means sowing seeds of kindness and love \u2013 that our world needs so much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As His gardeners, we are the seeds being scattered and sown. The Lord is tending us, carefully and lovingly, helping us to grow each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Denver Botanic Gardens were stunning \u2013 but even more stunning is this truth and the prayer of my heart:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lord, let my life be a fragrance that smells, looks and acts like you. Let it be lush, fragrant, and full of fruit that loves everyone — even if they act more like weeds than beautiful fragrant flowers. May we be YOUR garden that blooms with your love!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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