Several months ago while Chris was doing yard work he chopped down
a very unruly rose bush.
It wasn't producing many flowers and posed more of a thorny trap
for a curious toddler than anything else.
a very unruly rose bush.
It wasn't producing many flowers and posed more of a thorny trap
for a curious toddler than anything else.
I hadn't thought much about this bygone plant until the other day
when I looked out my side kitchen window and saw this:
when I looked out my side kitchen window and saw this:
Because Chris hadn't taken out the roots, the rose actually benefited from the severe pruning.
From far away it is clearly a small, unimpressive plant.
But up close, it is beautiful.
I wasn't expecting new growth from forgotten roots.
This made me think...what beautiful thing might God want to grow in me?
Is there an area of my life that I've disregarded as a thorny burden
that God could transform into a source of beauty?
Is there an area of my life that I've disregarded as a thorny burden
that God could transform into a source of beauty?
Pruning isn't pleasant.
But the result can clearly produce something that is worth the pain.
Dare I ask God for some unexpected growth in my life?
Dare you?
1 comment:
love it. thank you for this meditation and "dare"!
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