Soul Seeds by Catherine Castle

Soul Seeds

 

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“God created man, in the likeness of God made He him. Male and female created He them and blessed them.” Genesis 5:1-2

 

Have you ever wondered about seeds?

 At first glance, there is nothing special about a seed. Some might be little, black, round seeds. others are knobby tubers, or have brush-like fibers tipped in black and gold. Some seeds are prettier than others, but none are so extraordinary that you would exclaim over them. However, hidden inside each seed or bulb is the DNA for complete plant. Encapsulated in speck, some no bigger than a period on a piece of paper, is a living thing. A flower or vegetable with its DNA pattern stored within the tiny black dot. Plant a seed and nurture it and a beautiful flower, tree, bush, tasty vegetable, or a weed grows. What a marvelous wonder that is.

 Have you ever wondered about humans?

 At first glance, there isn’t anything special about most of us. We can be mild tempered, happy-go-lucky, or bad tempered. Some of us are short. Others are tall. We can have ordinary faces, natural beauty, or even no beauty at all. But hidden inside each of us, like there is in each seed from which a plant grows, is the potential to become something more beautiful than we appear to be. It’s not a DNA thing or a unique chromosome that creates our beauty. Instead, it’s our souls, made in the likeness of God with the ability to respond to God’s love and infinite grace. When we surrender to God and let His word and His love nurture our souls, we have the potential to become beautiful beyond our wildest imagination.

 A good botanist or gardener can often look at a seed or tuber and know what kind of plant will grow from it. They know the right conditions needed to help the plant succeed. They know what to do to protect the plant from natural enemies. They know how to make the plant grow. The wonder of seeds is that all the ingredients it needs to become a plant are captured within its shell, whatever that may look like. Add some sunshine and water and the plant grows.

 We can’t look at a person and know what they will become. We can’t discern what choices they will make or where those choices will lead them in life. We can’t accurately predict anything that happens in their lives. Only God knows that.

But we can make our own choices to help our soul seeds grow. Through Christ’s sacrifice and God’s grace we can bask in the light of the Son and drink the Living Water of the Word. The soul that God planted in us can grow into something more beautiful than any flower that ever sprouted from a seed. For a gardener like me, that’s something to look forward to.

About the Author:

Multi-award winning author Catherine Castle loves writing. Before beginning her career as a romance writer she worked part-time as a freelance writer. She has over 600 articles and photographs to her credit, under her real name, in the Christian and secular market. She also lays claim to over 300 internet articles written on a variety of subjects and several hundred poems. In addition to writing she loves reading, traveling, singing, theatre, quilting and gardening. She’s a passionate gardener whose garden won a “Best Hillside Garden” award from the local gardening club. She writes sweet and inspirational romances. You can find her award-winning Soul Mate books The Nun and the Narc and A Groom for Mama, on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

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