Early on Easter morning, Jesus’ friend Mary Magdalene went to the tomb. She saw Him standing there, and she thought He was the gardener--the one who plants everything and nurtures it and cares for it and makes it beautiful. In a wonderful way, she was right.
“[Mary Magdalene] turned around and saw Jesus standing there. . . . She thought he was the gardener.” John 20:14-15
“[I]n a semblance of the gardener, God walked again in the garden. . . .” G. K. Chesterton
“He it is who gardens our souls. . . weeds out of them whatsoever is noisome or unsavoury, sows and plants them . . . , waters them with the dew of His grace. . . ..” Lancelot Andrewes