There in God's Garden, ELW 342
Devotion
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I do not have a green thumb. In fact, I don't buy indoor plants because they never survive in my home. I start out very attentive, but I seem to forget about the needs of the plant because I get all caught up in my life. The result is that the plant starves and dies.
A few years ago, on Good Friday, I preached at the funeral service of a beloved father, grandfather and friend. The family gifted me with two beautiful African violets that adorned the room that afternoon service. And like all the other plants I have been given, I have come to neglect them too. I have gone weeks without watering them. And yet, through no work of my own, these two plants are thriving. Every day as I look at them, they are my reminder of the promise of life given by the Resurrection: Jesus Christ!
Prayer
Savior Lord, open my eyes to see the holy ground, your garden, here on this earth. Amen.