It's Time to Rid of the Old Things!
I'm going to make this short and sweet. It is time.
Years mourning. Time grieving. Given to nightmares. Bad thinking, what ifs.....beating me up. Letting others decide who I am.
It is a new season. It is my time to prune.
The Lord says we must cut back the old, the decaying, mucky parts, so that we may reap new, abundant life!
My mom gave me this cutting from her huge succulent. Look how large it has become already. However, a few weeks after I replanted it, it started drooping and the bottom leaves became wilted. The top became lifeless, unlike before. I called my mom, plant expertise-extraordinaire. Without second thought she directed me to prune it. Right to the base. "WHAT?!" It was getting so big! But I know my mom and her garden is gorgeous, hearty and amazing! Both of her thumbs are brilliant green as well.
So, against my will, I did it. (Because I listen to my mom! You should too!) Boy was it HARD! I all but cried. As the scissors cracked the stem it reminded me of the stretching and the strengthening, and the pruning that the Lord has been allowing in my life for a good while now. In hindsight, I did not see the difficult issues as such. But today, I see that our amazing Lord was growing me and pruning the muck from my life, so that I could eventually bear good fruit and reap it healthily and in abundance! He is so good! He is always good!
Below, after cutting it down, I realized the leaves still wilted, so, I continued pruning by taking the rest of them off. Pruning means ALL that holds us back....be gone.
I'm going to make this short and sweet. It is time.
Years mourning. Time grieving. Given to nightmares. Bad thinking, what ifs.....beating me up. Letting others decide who I am.
It is a new season. It is my time to prune.
The Lord says we must cut back the old, the decaying, mucky parts, so that we may reap new, abundant life!
My mom gave me this cutting from her huge succulent. Look how large it has become already. However, a few weeks after I replanted it, it started drooping and the bottom leaves became wilted. The top became lifeless, unlike before. I called my mom, plant expertise-extraordinaire. Without second thought she directed me to prune it. Right to the base. "WHAT?!" It was getting so big! But I know my mom and her garden is gorgeous, hearty and amazing! Both of her thumbs are brilliant green as well.
Below, after cutting it down, I realized the leaves still wilted, so, I continued pruning by taking the rest of them off. Pruning means ALL that holds us back....be gone.
As per directions I then sliced the center of the stem so that it could happily and lavishly drink in fresh water. I then slipped it into a glass of fresh water and placed it in the sunlight on my shelf. I can not wait to see how quickly the roots take place. Having done this before, I am secure in knowing that this process will be successful.
Similar to learning from the Lords' Word. He tells us that we will have seasons. Reading and learning from His Word comforts me. It reminds me that I am not the only one that learns the hard way sometimes. It tells me that there is a time to laugh and a time to cry.
And now, it is my time to laugh!
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