This morning I had the privilege to watch little puppies being born. It blows my mind how life springs from a seed, and as humans all we can really do, is watch in awe as God shows us miracle after miracle of bringing life from a seed – and in reference to gardening and farming – a dead seed. 

Every year I plant my garden, I think, this is never going to work, “How can this dead little piece of earth become alive?” – but then I wait and watch as God brings the little dead seed to life… and then our family is blessed by the fruit. 

As the puppies were being born this morning, I simply watched God’s glory at work. I waited. There was nothing for me to do but watch, bask, and draw closer to my God. I couldn’t help but want to sing. I had to record the song that played in my head all morning, at least a portion of it. (See below)

Also, I want to mention that, by nature, a mommy’s intuition is incredible – it is absolutely incredible how a mommy dog, without opposable thumbs, can give birth, clean, and feed a handful of puppies – all at the same time! – without reading any instruction manuals… INCREDIBLE! 

As a Christian, I am reminded of the power of planting seeds of His Goodness, Hope, Peace, Faithfulness, and Love. He can bring so much life from a planted seed. 

I was drawn to Roman 6:15-23 from The Message Bible this morning. It’s included here… along with some ‘New Life’ Pics.

15-18 So, since we’re out from under the old tyranny, does that mean we can live any old way we want? Since we’re free in the freedom of God, can we do anything that comes to mind? Hardly. You know well enough from your own experience that there are some acts of so-called freedom that destroy freedom. Offer yourselves to sin, for instance, and it’s your last free act. But offer yourselves to the ways of God and the freedom never quits. All your lives you’ve let sin tell you what to do. But thank God you’ve started listening to a new master, one whose commands set you free to live openly in his freedom!

19 I’m using this freedom language because it’s easy to picture. You can readily recall, can’t you, how at one time the more you did just what you felt like doing—not caring about others, not caring about God—the worse your life became and the less freedom you had? And how much different is it now as you live in God’s freedom, your lives healed and expansive in holiness?

20-21 As long as you did what you felt like doing, ignoring God, you didn’t have to bother with right thinking or right living, or right anything for that matter. But do you call that a free life? What did you get out of it? Nothing you’re proud of now. Where did it get you? A dead end.

22-23 But now that you’ve found you don’t have to listen to sin tell you what to do, and have discovered the delight of listening to God telling you, what a surprise! A whole, healed, put-together life right now, with more and more of life on the way! Work hard for sin your whole life and your pension is death. But God’s gift is real life, eternal life, delivered by Jesus, our Master.

May God open our eyes to His Glory today. Amen.