Owning Plants
February 5, 2024
I love discovering that biblical guidelines prove to be beneficial for people today. God placed Adam and Eve in a garden with instructions to tend plants. They ate what the plants produced. Tended them. Their job has no stress. That has changed. Plants need protection from disease and smothering weeds. Research shows that actively caring for plants calms the nervous system and lowers blood pressure. Different plants, like English Ivy and Spider Plants, improve air quality. The sight of some improves attentiveness. One study found a reduction in anger and hostility and fatigue in workplaces with plants.
Our workplaces and homes are not idyllic like the Garden of Eden. We need the blessings God has created. One might be just the presence of plants around us. We tend to them, they reward us.