(written May 18, 2008-posted here for archival purposes)
I was thinking about all that has been happening lately and how beat up I feel. I was reminded that there is a lot of changing and growing going on this year. The growing part struck me.--What do you do when you grow things? You bury them in the dirt. Well, if you're planting seeds, you bury them. If you're planting something that's already sprouted, you pull it out of it's nice comfortable little pot and stick into either a bigger pot or into the ground, and then tamp things down nice and firm. From the plant's perspective, I'll bet this feels rather traumatic--going from what you're used to, to being yanked around, put into a new environment, and then being squeezed into place. Then you get watered. That's generally not so bad, unless you get too much and you just can't cope with it, or you get too little and you start to shrivel up. Getting the right amount of water can make you feel at home faster. But it doesn't stop there...to encourage growth you get fertilized. (This is actually the part that I just figured out.) What is fertilizer? There are several thing that it can be, but most commonly its a pile of poop. As if things weren't bad enough, someone comes along and dumps a pile of poop on you. And you can bet that you're going to get watered again, so now you're sitting in a pile of wet poop. Now what?
Right about now is when I'm looking for a way out of the garden. I'm pulling up my roots and running for the hills. Who care how hard it is out there, I do not want to sit in wet poop!
But wait a minute--who is the Master Gardener? Does He really know what He's doing? Would He do anything out of spite or does He really have my best interests in mind? Only He can see the blueprint for His garden. He know the place that He has for me in it. It might be where I'm currently planted or He may choose to transplant me somewhere else. You may feel like you're sitting in wet poop, but are you going to sit and curse the poop or are you going to use it as an opportunity to grow? (The funny thing about growing--as you grow, your head gets further away from the poop and you don't mind it as much.)
Hope you all have a blessed week.
1 comment:
Yes... who is the Master Gardener? We are blessed beyond measure that He would care enough to even want to bring us about as a little "seed" to be planted. But ahhh, He has plans for us to serve Him forever in His kingdom.
As we keep focused on Him and our roots grow deeper in deeper in His abiding love - THEN and only then can we begin to bloom into the beautiful flower for His garden.
And you, dear Julia are one of His most beautiful flowers. You have been granted gifts from Him that are unique just to you and you are a tremendous blessing to Him and others.
So... let there be poop if that's what it takes to become His beautiful rose.
Love U - Carol
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