Living Waters…

 

I love watering day.  I never thought I’d be able to say that.  I’ve killed too many plants to believe it possible.

But this summer I decided to try again.

And this summer my plants began to die.

Again.

I felt discouraged and went back to believing I simply do not posses a green thumb.

“Pray over  your plants.”  The prompting came often.

I ignored it.

I ignored it, believing I did not have time to study it out in my mind.  I ignored it, feeling I didn’t want to spend hours learning about plant care. Especially when everything I had learned or been taught in the past had ultimately failed.

I didn’t know how I could pray for help if I wasn’t willing to do my part.

But the promptings wouldn’t stop.  So I stopped.

And I prayed.

The answer came in the form of a short, simple Youtube video.  Why I hadn’t considered Youtube before I cannot say.  But oh the success I have found from the things I learned there.

Now, visiting my plants throughout my house and on my porch each morning fills me with joy.

And I love watering day.

Today I face new challenges. Challenges much bigger and seemingly more impossible than developing a green thumb. But today I do not ignore the prompting to pray.  Because I know If God is willing to help me with His most simple creations, He is certain to help me with a creation born in His own image.

“Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.  Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.”

I know as I work to continually align my will with God’s I will witness miracles.  I already have.

And when I look at my thriving plants, plants that were an impossible dream to me just a few months ago, I remember to walk in faith and marvel not at what God can do.