How planting hyssop pointed me to the Messiah

Purge me with hyssop till I am pure;
Wash me till I am whiter than snow.
Let me hear tidings of joy and gladness;
Let the bones You have crushed exult.
—Psalms 51:9-7

This verse has been coming to mind ever since we observed Passover this year. We read about hyssop being used to spread the blood over the doorposts of the ancient Israelite homes, enabling the angel of death to pass over the first born.

It's also mentioned many times in conjunction with sacrifices that atone for sin and make people clean. In this case, David talks about hyssop purifying him from sin, cleansing him and making him whiter than snow.

Hyssop was often used as a medicinal plant to heal colds, plagues, and other ailments including the skin disease leprosy or “tzaraat” in Hebrew.

Having never seen hyssop, we ended buying some seeds and planting them a year ago in our garden. So this year as we kept Passover, focused on Yeshua as the lamb of God, I would see the hyssop grow, smell it's scent and felt a deeper understanding of this herb we read about in scripture.

I can't help but see how the cleansing effects of hyssop point to Yeshua as our Messiah who cleans us from the things that keep us disconnected from God, who delivers us from the wounds we've carried for so much of our lives, who redeems our souls from certain death.

Scripture is filled with so many stories like this, and reconnecting with it through the physical act of gardening has been changing me.

Do you have an experience like this?