God is the Gardener....and so am I!

Today I planted my peas. I am so excited. I may have gone slightly overboard, I planted four packs of seeds. While lovingly planting the seeds I took great care to plant each seed just right and not loose a single one. Each and every one was precious. I was thinking about how much I loved each seed and how excited I was for them to grow, and that got me thinking about my recent scripture study in Jacob, about the vineyard. And about how much the Lord loved His olive trees. More than I love my pea plants. We are those olive trees. Our Heavenly Father loves all of us so much. He took great care to plant each of us individually with great love, intent on not losing a single one of us. What hope and great expectations He must have had as he put us exactly where He wanted us to be, exactly where we should be, and thought of each of us growing and what we would become. And how we would become like Him. All the good things we would do. When someone plants a garden they don't plant things they don't like or won't be useful to them, so you can know that Heavenly Father did not plant anyone in His garden that he does not love, or who does not have the potential to be a tool in His hand. So when you start planting your garden, remember who planted you where you are, and how much He loves you and delights in watching you grow.