Growth has to be Intentional

Gardening is therapeutic and full of lessons. Does that word "gardening" make you think of people kneeling on the earth, doing weeding? Or perhaps holding some electric shears and making shapes out of full bushes. Whatever your take on that word is, the same is true - there are lessons to be learned!

Take this pot of mint for instance. Together with a few other herbs, it was gifted by a friend, and came with instructions on the care needed. Needless to say, I have worked to ensure they are followed! Not being green fingered, I didn't want to report any deaths, so I was diligent. I even enlisted my husband in the care! As he is semi-retired, he ended up doing a much better job of making sure they thrive than I ever could. He is even able to cultivate and grow more shoots with the roots.

I am reminded Colossians 2:6,7 “As you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built and built up in Him, established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding with thanksgiving”. 

One has to be intentional in growing. And passing on the information. I think they use the fancy word "mentoring" now. 

Slinky Lessons

When life is all smooth sailing, it is easy to just carry on as if nothing is of concern.

Then when knots appear in our life, hiccups to the flow of events, convolutions to the daily routine, it is easy to get uptight, upset and unhappy.

It takes patience, perseverance and persistence to work at things until we see results.
Sometimes those attributes dont help immediately.

And other times, things do turn out better
But sometimes things dont turn out the way we expect them. Life is not always predictable and outcomes are not determined by our desires

Yet, at the end of the day, what is most important is that we have tried, and we have done our part.