Out of the Garden: Carried on the Breath

Following the Breath of Yahweh into Creation

In the last post, we explored the sacred breath — Ruach and Neshema — the breath of Yahweh that animates us, fills us, and connects us to heaven. But breath is not something that simply is — it moves. It flows. And that flow doesn’t stop with us. The breath of Yahweh moves through us, into the earth, into creation. It carries life, joy, truth, and beauty. It plants, waters, and brings forth fruit.

That flow is tangible in my garden right now. Sunflowers raise their faces to the sky. Purple Verbena dances joyfully in the summer breeze. Delicate snapdragons still bloom in corners, hanging on through the heat. The cardinal and cypress vines spiral heavenward, reaching, wrapping, climbing. And then there’s the hidden glory — the flowers on the jalapeño plants and the wild chilitipins. They might not draw the eye like the sunflowers, but they hold a different kind of promise. Fire. Fruit. Continuation.

Flow

In Hebrew, one word for flow is זֶרֶם (zerem) — spelled Zayin–Resh–Mem (ז־ר־ם). The ancient paleo-Hebrew pictographs of these Living Letters open a window into how Yahweh’s flow moves through us into creation. See the paleo Hebrew pictograph letters in the photo with the blog.

• Zayin (ז) is drawn as a sword or plow — a tool that cuts, opens, and prepares. It speaks of pruning, separating, or making way — just like preparing the ground for new life.
• Resh (ר) is drawn as a head — representing the beginning, to lead, to see the original intent — but also part of our legal right to obtain the mind of Christ.
• Mem (ם) is drawn as waves of water — picturing deep, hidden waters, mysteries, and the life-blood that flows through all living things.

Put together, Zayin–Resh–Mem shows us that flow begins with a divine cutting or opening (Zayin), passes through the head or choice-point (Resh), and continues as living water (Mem), released into the world. This is no accidental trickle — it’s a directed movement of breath and water, initiated in the heart and carried by the Spirit. It is Ruach in motion — breath flowing like a river, carrying beauty, joy, and life into the soil of creation.

I highly recommend the book Friends of Eber: A Reference Guide to the Living Letters of the Hebrew Alphabet.  This reference book by Aaron Smith, Teresa Bowen, Elizabeth R. Corley, Y.A. Butler, and Daniel Cook is a precious door into your relationship with these amazing beings.

Check out Sherry Nielsen’s Living Letters Collection here.

 

 

The Kingdom Within, Flowing Out

Yeshua told us the Kingdom of God is within us (Luke 17:21). That’s not poetic metaphor — it’s spiritual reality. The breath we carry is not just ours; it is Yahweh’s Spirit, given, shared, indwelling. When Yeshua breathed on His disciples, He said, “Receive the Holy Spirit” (John 20:22). His breath is His Spirit. And His Spirit is alive in us.

That means the movement of heaven is not something we wait to fall down upon us. It rises up from within us. And it doesn’t stay contained. It must flow. The same way sap moves through a vine or wind moves through the trees, the breath moves through us — to bless, to build, to beautify.

“When You send forth Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the ground.”
— Psalm 104:30

Creation responds to His breath. To our breath. To His words spoken through us. Mountains move. Flowers bloom. Deserts rejoice.

Joy and Blooming

This morning, I was struck again by how joyful the garden is. Not just pretty — joyful. Every bloom feels like a little exclamation of praise, a laugh of color, a whisper of glory. There’s something deeper than survival going on. The flowers don’t just “get by.” They reveal. They declare.

“The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of His hands.”
— Psalm 19:1

So do the petals, the stems, the hidden roots. This is the breath made visible.

“For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God.”
— Romans 8:19

Even the wildflowers are waiting. Watching. Responding.

Check out the "From My Garden" collection here.

Speaking and Flowing

The kingdom of heaven isn’t a faraway realm. It rises from within us and flows outward — like a river from a spring. Breath carries more than sound — it carries Spirit. It carries living water. And that water, like rain on dry ground, calls forth life. Where His breath flows, gardens grow.

The words we speak — and even the unspoken things we breathe — matter deeply.

“Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.”
— Luke 6:45

What we carry in our breath is shaped by what fills our heart. That abundance flows out — in words, in beauty, in life. What flows out becomes form. Sunflowers and vines might seem like just pretty things, but to me they are proof. The chili peppers blooming in the pot — are a spicy sign that even fire grows where the breath and water meet.

“I believed; therefore I have spoken.”
— 2 Corinthians 4:13

“Prophesy to the breath... and breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet.”
— Ezekiel 37:9–10

When we speak truth from the place of belief, that breath carries form. Intention becomes creation. The Kingdom becomes visible.

Blooming as Agreement

So I come back to my sunflowers. To the vines curling up the fence. To the cucumber bloom hidden under a canopy of leaves. These aren’t decorations. They are partners. Co-creators. Responders to the breath of the One who fills all in all.

And they are speaking to me. Reminding me. If I will be still enough, and soft enough, and willing enough — the same breath that raised me up can flow through me. And it will leave beauty in its wake.

 

REFLECTION:

What are you breathing into today?

What fruit is forming that you haven’t seen yet?

What words are you speaking into the garden of your life?

·                    Where are you seeing Yahweh’s breath blossom around you?

  

Let the blooms speak. Let the wind move. And let the breath of Yahweh find its way out through you — into a world that’s waiting to bloom.