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\nA sixth-century Jewish rabbi wrote, “God, from the very beginning of creation, was occupied before all else with planting, as it is written, ‘And first of all, the Eternal God planted a Garden in Eden.’ Therefore occupy yourselves first and foremost with planting.”<\/p>\n

Lord, give us humility to remember that we are made from dirt so that we might till the dirt and love it as we love ourselves. Amen.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

 
\nfrom Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals<\/a><\/em> by Shane Claiborne<\/strong>, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove<\/strong> and Enuma Okoro<\/strong>, p. 249<\/p>\n\n

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  A sixth-century Jewish rabbi wrote, “God, from the very beginning of creation, was occupied before all else with planting, as it is written, ‘And first of all, the Eternal God planted a Garden in Eden.’ Therefore occupy yourselves first and foremost with planting.” Lord, give us humility to remember that we are made from … Continue reading “Love planting”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,127],"tags":[250],"class_list":["post-15213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer","category-quote","tag-plant"],"yoast_head":"\nLove planting - Prayer matters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"'And first of all, the Eternal God planted a Garden in Eden.' 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