"I’m learning the fruit of my creative effort often ripens instantly. I’ll sit down and get thousands of words, but then a week later, working with the same discipline, will have nothing. But my job is not to make the words come. Who am I to make the words come? My job is no different than a farmer. I till the land. I fertilize the soil. I plant the seeds. Unlike the farmer, though, I am surprised when the green shoots sprout in the spring. I think perhaps it is magic, and it will never happen for me again. But the farmer knows if he tills the land, and is blessed enough to get rain, the harvest will come."
Donald Miller, Feb 16, 2011
Cool - If only we were all so mindful of our Creator who gives us the skills and desire to "create" something tangible for others to enjoy. As far as gardening goes - I plant and love to watch things grow not because I make them grow but because I have the opportunity to watch the transformation of seed to sprout to plant to flower to fruit...anyone who says God doesn't do miracles in this day and age has never gardened or taken the time to marveled over a flower!
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