I`m still unemployed, and loving it, this gift of free time allows me to ponder! In our hurried hectic lives, do we grants ourselves the time to consider any and all things carefully and thoroughly. Ponder, I like that word; you can ponder just about anything!
One of my favorite Christmas gifts to give or receive is an Amaryllis plant. Actually when you receive it, it`s not quiet the beautiful plant that`s pictured on the box. There are several steps necessary before this gift becomes the radiant flower, that is pictured.
The gift contains, a pot, compressed growing matter and a bulb. At first glance, there appears to be little or no life to this pathetic dry root dangling bulb. Upon following careful instruction, this lifeless bulb very quickly produces a 2 foot tall plant that brings to life 2 magnificent red Lily-like flowers.
The joy is watching the rapid growth that morphs this lifeless bulb into a plant of flowering beauty. Once given water and light the plant seems to grow inches over night; within a couple of weeks it explodes into flaming red blossoms.
John 8:12 When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life."
John 4:13-14 Jesus answered, "Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I gave him will never thirst again. Indeed, the water I give him become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.
Now back to my pondering, as I glance at my 6 inch Amaryllis plant, on the window sill, my heart is filled with great joy, as I anticipate it`s growth and renewal of life to the once life-less bulb. I anxiously await the arrival of the precious life-filled blooms.
Then it hit me, how excited and full of divine joy, God must feel when His precious life-less sheep come into full bloom. Once we receive the incredible gift of His Grace, we produce the magnificent flowers of eternal life. God, renews, restores and refreshes our once life-less soul.
Wow, water me give me light, I like the thought of knowing that I make God smile!
Ecclesiastes 8:15 So I command the enjoyment of life, because nothing is better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be glad. Then joy will accompany him in his work all the days of the life God has given him under the sun.
Thank you God, for your love understanding and patience, as I continue to bloom into your precious flower of Jesus Christ. Amen.....
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