I decided to salvage a little leafy stem left from the goats eating my flowers. It had a tiny red bloom in its center and I thought it might brighten a kitchen window before it wilted. Placing it in a cup of water, I didn't pay much attention to it, although the leaves looked fresh and the bloom was getting a tiny bit bigger. Clearing the window ledge a couple of days ago, I took the stem out to throw it in the trash. Then I noticed something. Tiny roots! Growing from the end of the stem!
I was so surprised! I had saved it! Replaced in the soil of the porch tub and gently watered, hopefully it will survive!
As couples, we usually "put down roots" as we raise our families. We lived in one place for twenty years as our children were growing up. That is where their roots of faith were established, both from church attendance and a secure, loving home life.
Paul writes of his desires to the church in Ephesians 3:17, "That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love." Children cannot grow and develop without love, as proven from babies who lie unattended except for necessities in cribs of orphanages or children's homes.
Again, he speaks to the Colossian church to be: "Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving," Colossians 2:7.
Isaiah prophecies of Jesus, "For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground." Before whom? God. God had his eye on his Son, even in the times of suffering for our sake.
With proper watering from the Word and the sunshine of God's love exhibited through us, our well-rooted "plants" can bloom and grow stalwart and strong for Him!
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