As an artist I often hear of God being portrayed as the ultimate Artist, the One who created everything. Therefore, since he created us in his image (Genesis 1:27) we too are creative—in one way or another. This morning though, as I continued my rereading of the Old Testament (first in a while), I saw that not only did God create all the plants but he planted the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:8)! Before he put Adam there to “work it and take care of it” (Genesis 2:15), God was The Gardener who arranged particular plants in particular places. I like that a lot. And since we’re all made in his image, we are all, to one degree or another, gardeners—underdeveloped gardeners maybe but gardeners nonetheless.
I also felt affirmed as a visual artist in reading that God made the trees in the garden “pleasing to the eye” (Genesis 2:9)—even the food trees. Making things beautiful matters.
*Oil Painting Glorious Garden
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