Consider the Lilies of the field.... Consider the Lilies of the field... Well our plants are no longer of the field and the one Lille is no longer of the field. Is there some significance to this? Let me just throw out some possibilities.
1. When the plants were in the field who was responsible for them? Who watered them? Who fertilized them? Who took care of their every need? The plants natural setting has been changed and thus so has the caretaker. Right?
2. Who is "paying the price" for their survival? Hint... Who paid the price for us, so that we don't have to worry?
For all of you who forget your plants here and there. I did the same thing on several occasions. The lessons I was to learn that I did and still do the same thing to God. I am overtaken with day to day activities (some that have no long term benefits) and I forget what is most important which is my personal, intimate relationship with God. The experiences from my plant are to many to mention but the one that sticks with me is this. I must admit that when I would leave my plant I would miss it tremendously, it would haunt me that I had been so forgetful. I felt as though I had abandoned this helpless little plant which was very dependant on me for it's survival. I can't say even now, that it is the same when I leave God out of my day. Yes it still happens but I am still pressing in because I am His child, a joint heir, and the apple of His eye. Sorry Father!
APPLICATION - Just share your findings or thoughts by sharing with someone else and then commenting on the blog and get a watering for your precious (to some of you) plant.
OK, So i don't feel bad when i leave my plant around. But I do see that I do that with everything else and that bothers me.
ReplyDeleteI am very forgetful, And i'm trying to fix this, along with the long list of problems I have. Pretty much I do the same with God, I find 10 other things to do when I feel him calling me. I do feel this is because I'm very comfortable where i am... So im spiritually lazy. God is trying to get me into shape. I was just talking about this with someone last night, And felt that God was pretty much screaming at me to start walking in what he's teaching me, to be a doer of the word not just a listener. I'm in a season of fasting and repentance. This should be fun!:)
This may be a bit of a hard one for me because here at work we plug in and don't talk to anyone until our shift is over pretty much. But I will definitely call someone and talk to someone about it this evening. In fact I think my dad would be a good candidate...should definitely bring up some interesting comments/questions.
ReplyDeleteI can say for myself that the Lord had already been revelaing this to me some time back. Not necessarily leaving Bella behind, but in general taking care of her. I have noticed some leaves turning brown and even shriviling up. It's like when you don't give your time to the Lord, the inside of you dies, your spirit dies and evetually what is not taking care of on the inside of your life will eventually show on the outside of your life. I would have to say there are times when I feel like I just go through the motions and I know I love the Lord, but my devotion is not always what it is, and sometimes I feel like it does show.
ReplyDeleteWell unfortunately, everyone I called for this application was not available and did not return my phone call...even my mom and dad! Not sure what I'm going to do now. Thinking maybe a post on Facebook and Myspace and see what type of replies I get. We shall see...
ReplyDeleteI feel really stupid. I left the plant at work over the weekend after realizing it was gone friday... technically I had the option of going back to get it but it wasn't that important to me. I felt there was ample time to get it Monday and there was a good chance it'll be there. So come Saturday I started worrying about the plant strangely enough. I started concerning myself about how it wasn't cool just to leave it with the chance of it dying when I have the opportunity to save it. I feel like thats the way I live my life with Christ... He's there when I need Him and theres always Monday. Well Monday came and when I asked the front desk lady if they found a plant she stated no, i went to my desk to see if someone recognized it and left it and ... no. I felt like a heel, went into the cafeteria and low and behold as sitting dead center in the tables bringing life to a basic room was Gary... as if he was waiting for me all weekend wondering what took so long. Everyone gave me crap at work for it, telling me they'd call plant protective services etc. I deserved it. Gary is back in his cage (the safety of our guest bathroom) until tomorrow morning.
ReplyDeleteoh in addition, I conversed with my cubical mates the value of the plant further and how I've been slacking with it. I also noticed that even with my poor caring for it, I'm still blessed with Gary's new growth.
ReplyDeleteI made a post on both Facebook and Myspace, and I sent it to a lot of people I know who don't know about Beatrice yet. Hopefully I'll get some interesting responses!
ReplyDeleteManny stole my response :)
ReplyDeleteI had a lot of responses from my Facebook post, but it's a bit too much for a comment...so I posted it on my blog Thrive :D
ReplyDeleteNickle:I didn't know Pickle was your middle name... Thats cool i guess...
ReplyDeleteEd:Im Thirsty...
Guess who's talking to you... Yes!
HAHA...That's a nickname Manny...I would hope my mom wouldn't name me that! ;)
ReplyDeleteOk so my sister met zoey today, And when i told her my plant's name was zoey, It reminded her of the new sesame street character, Zoey, An elmo looking character who's yellow and thinks shes a fairy, And then we got to talking about cookie monster, Now let this be known, I loved cookie monster, He was my favorite from sesame street, He is now a vegetarian, To set a good example for kids to eat healthy, This angeres me, Cookie monster didnt get that name by eating vegetables, Sesame street.... You Fail!! Let him eat cookies, Or our kids will become, VEGETARIANS!!!! This is not good people, This is like the sky turning pink, Flat out creepy, This is an outrage, When will the madness stop?? We must put a stop to this, My solution, EAT MORE COOKIES!!! :)
ReplyDeleteBilly: Only "Pot Heads" babble on about sesame street and find great offense in the fact that "COOKIE MONSTER" is now a vegetarian...
ReplyDeleteOk, your right! I thought about it, and i am now taking offense to the idea that they are converting young children into vegetarians and cookie haters...
HIS NAME IS COOKIE MONSTER!!! Let him eat some cookies! For the Love of all that is blue and likes cookies!!! What have we become?
I am holding back tears, I'm going to sit in my self-pity and eat cookies! Thank you Sesame Street...
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ReplyDeleteLet's start a campaign for Cookie Monster! Here is my slogan and Cookie Monster's theme song "C is for cookie, it's good enough for me!"
ReplyDeleteRock on hayley! Rock on
ReplyDeleteKind of confused how the blog took this turn way way way off topic. But I can relate Ed I feel terrible every time I leave Steve around somewhere and then I get that same conviction about the times where I'll tell God to stay here so I can go have fun or when I get caught up in doing something "for God" but then tell Him I'm too busy to spend time with Him. If its for God wouldn't you want to do it with God. Like you know a father-son project. Steve really has helped me a lot to adjust some poor habits and develop consistency. My brother and I were talking about Steve and how I leave him around. He said something very profound that I guess I didn't really expect from him. He said," If Steve is really that important to you wouldn't you want to care for it the best you can?" My response was less than inspired all I could say was its only a plant and then immediately thought about relationships that I've done that with. "Oh well they're my family they will always be there," or "Sure, they will be upset now but I can fix it later" I tend to take this laid-back attitude about things but with the wrong approach, a selfish approach. Glad I still have a lot to learn about love and relationships.
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