Spiritual Motivation and Insight

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GOD'S GREEN THUMB

They shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. -- Ezekiel 36:35 (KJV)

My daughter was living with me during a desolate season in her life.
She woke up one morning and found me watering my last living plant, whose withered leaves drooped from the neglected plant. I used to have a green thumb. Now plants seem to dry up at a mere glance from me.

"Mom, I dreamed about that plant last night," my daughter began. "I was taking care of it, and it was beautiful and thriving."

I looked at her with rising compassion. "You are the plant," I said. "Just as you nurtured the plant in your dreams, God cares for you. With God's care, you will thrive."

"Thanks for that, Mom," she said, smiling.

God has a green thumb. Seeing the variety of plants that cover the earth leaves me in awe. But God's talents don't end there. God takes our withering souls and causes us to spring forth in new splendor, to bear much fruit.

Prayer: Nurturing God, nourish our souls with living water so the
barren areas of our lives bear fruit. Amen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
How is God caring for me today?

-- Jeri Darby (Michigan, U.S.A.)

PRAYER FOCUS: Those whose lives seem to be withering