A few days ago I almost threw this plant in the dumpster. My kid’s purchased it for me for Mothers Day. I admit to not having a green thumb but I did my best to care for it and do right by it. Seemed no matter what I did, it simply kept dying until it looked like there was no hope. It was fully brown and all leaves and stems totally appeared dead.
It was storming outside the time I thought I may just go ahead and throw it out. I struggled with that thought and didn’t have peace about doing it so I just left it. It was storming anyway. I just figured Id probably deal with the next day. I was sad about it. I had done everything within my power and it just seemed like no matter what I did there was no hope for it.
The next afternoon I came out to grab it and take it to the trash when I spotted new teeny tiny bright green growth coming from the very base of the plant. I wish then I had taken a picture but I didn’t. I was dumbfounded. The day before that thing was dead….or so I thought….no hope of survival it appeared.
That was two full days ago….now look at it!! The Lord spoke to me very clearly on this in my spirit. He showed me… just when you think its over, hopeless, defeated….God has other plans and makes himself known. I NEEDED that reminder.
Reminds me of an old Jason Crabb song we sing “Just hold on…, our God will show up, and He will take you through the fire again. “
Don’t jump ship in the midst of the storm, you might be closer to the other side than you think. Preaching to myself.
Hebrews 6:18-20
God did this so that, by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie,we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be greatly encouraged. We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where our forerunner, Jesus, has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever, in the order of Melchizedek.
