932. How fair is a garden amid the trials and passions of existence. ~Benjamin Disraeli

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To forget how to dig the earth and
to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.
~Mahatma Gandhi

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There is something incredibly engaging and comforting about a garden, especially when one is surprised this late in the year by a find as lovely as this Heavenly Blue morning glory. However, even long after she’s gone when winter has plunged us into its “vale of grief,” there will yet be signs that point to primeval and sacred origins, ordained recurring seasons, and our connection to the Holy Breath of the Creator. But today it was the brilliance of the autumn morn, the splendor and blueness of the blossom, and a gentle breeze blowing in my face from time to time that prompted an awareness of the in and out movement of God’s life-giving breath in me as well as cognizance of a sacramental connection to Him. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, a French philosopher and Jesuit priest, said, “There is a communion with God, and there is a communion with earth, and there is a communion with God through the earth.” Teilhard de Chardin contended that the more he devoted himself in some way to the interests of the earth the more he belonged to God. It is the same for me. Being close to the earth in my garden or taking photographs of its progeny and/or nature in general, is like being attached to an umbilical cord that keeps me forever tethered to the Divine Source of all life, and therefore through it comes the spiritual nourishment that feeds my hungry soul.

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it; for He founded it on the seas and established it on the waters. ~Psalm 24:1-2  ✝

28 thoughts on “932. How fair is a garden amid the trials and passions of existence. ~Benjamin Disraeli”

  2. and the odd or interesting continuum is that I, me, we, us who enjoy seeing and reading about this communion and intrinsic connection between you, the created, through the creations of this earth, to the Creator of all, are the better for it all…

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  12. I loved the picture and your words, and these words:

    “There is a communion with God, and there is a communion with earth, and there is a communion with God through the earth.”

    It is such a blessing to spend time here at your blog. ❤

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