Five Minutes in the Garden - A Daily Discussion of God's Word

Yesterday, we met Tabitha.

A faithful disciple.

A woman full of good works.

Someone whose quiet kindness had touched many lives.

When she died, the community grieved deeply.

The book of Acts is filled with dramatic moments.

Miracles.

Preaching.

Journeys.

Transformation.

But today, we pause to notice someone whose faithfulness looked quieter.

A woman named Tabitha.

The early Church has been through much already.

Opposition.
Persecution.
Fear.
Rapid change.

And yet, after all the intensity,
Scripture gives us a quieter moment.

A moment of rest.

Saul has changed.

He has encountered Christ.

He has begun preaching boldly.

His life is moving in a completely new direction.

But not everyone trusts him yet.

Saul has changed.

The man who once opposed Christ is now preaching Him openly.

And naturally, people are stunned.

Saul has been through a complete transformation.

The road to Damascus.

The blinding light.

The surrender.

The waiting.

The restored sight.

And now, the change begins to show outwardly.

Saul’s journey has been unfolding step by step.

The road to Damascus.

The blinding light.

The surrender.

The waiting.

The prayer.

The kindness of Ananias.

And now, at last,

something changes.

Not only within him—

but around him.

The blindness lifts.

And Saul begins to see again.

Saul has been stopped.

He’s surrendered.

He’s spent days in quiet prayer.

And now, God sends someone to him.

Not a crowd.

Not a public moment.

Just one person.

Ananias.

And what happens next

is simple…

but deeply powerful.

Saul has been stopped.

He has surrendered.

He has asked the question:

“Lord, what wilt Thou have me to do?”

And now…

everything becomes quiet.

No preaching.

No movement.

No visible action.

Just waiting.

Just stillness.

And in that quiet place,

something important is happening.

Yesterday, Saul was stopped in his tracks.

Interrupted. Confronted. Awakened to a truth he had not yet seen.

And in that moment, everything he thought he understood began to shift.

But interruption is not the end.

It leads to a question.

A simple one. A decisive one.

And the way Saul responds changes everything.