About a Gardener

by Werner Walter Langer

"About a Gardener"This book is filled with an abundance of delightful surprises, but you don’t have to be a gardener to appreciate the 111 chapters that provide practical advice, share personal experiences and offer a rich harvest of wisdom for your life. “My Father is a gardener,” Jesus once said. That is the foundation of this book and the author, Werner Langer, introduces us to many wonderful gardening metaphors that will enrich the reader’s personal landscape. We are all gardeners, the author claims, whether we are aware of it or not, each one of us in possession of a valuable allotment, our inner garden, where love and a noble character ought to grow. This book will bless your life, because it is about God, a gardener, who loves us very much.A wonderful book, containing many surprises for readers who seek inner growth and perhaps enjoy gardening.

Genres: Christian

270 pages, Kindle Edition

First published July 5, 2015

Reviews

[Christine Goodnough · Rating 4 out of 5]

Each short chapter is a devotional, comparing planning and caring for a garden to nurturing our Christian life. Many good comparisons of how a grower must be alert to the needs of his garden and how we need to be on guard spiritually, deal with invasive thoughts, etc.
The author grew up in Germany and emigrated to Australia as an adult. The book is well written and easy to read, though I can see places where the sentence syntax reveals his German roots.

[Rachelle Bachiu · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow wow wow what a great devotional. I am very thankful that God has given Werner incite regarding our sinful nature to a garden which needs constant attention and loads of work. Each day brings challenges and how we respond shows the state of our heart. With this book it brought decisions that needed to be addresses so that our walk with God the Father be nurtured and kept in His will for each of us. Will be going through with this devotional once again before the year end.
Recommend this to everyone that needs to remove weeds from their hearts.

[brenda morris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Encouraging and inspiring

I so enjoyed the author's comparisons between gardening and tending our inner gardens, and how he pointed out how God is the ultimate gardener of our hearts. I loved how he tied scriptures to the various aspects of nurturing a garden. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was due to the many editing errors.

[Vickie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is written about God as a gardener of our lives. The author writes as our lives are gardens that need weeding (of our sins), and nurturing. He compares, through daily devotions, our innermost thoughts and deeds with the care of a garden. I found out quite a bit that I did not know about gardening, and how that relates to my life.

[Esther Dan · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent read

This is an excellent devotional from the perspective of an author who loves gardening. Very inspiring & highly recommend. P

[Debbie Moore · Rating 5 out of 5]

great read

Great read good compassion of our spiritual life to a beautiful garden. I recommend this book for anyone to read.

[Pat Valliere · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you love gardening and God this book is for you….

A very thought provoking read. The parallels between gardening and a relationship with God are worth exploring. I enjoyed this.