Nature Illustration: Seeds, Roots, and Fruitfulness

As the frost of winter begins to thaw, I remember a time I stood in a quiet garden, a simple patch of earth that had lain dormant for months. The gardener, an elderly woman with hands as rough as the soil itself, bent down to show me something remarkable—tiny seeds held between her fingers. “These,” she whispered, “hold the promise of life, but only if they are planted in faith.…