Imperceptibly Turning
See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction...
life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your
children may live. Deuteronomy 30:15-19 .. .as (a man) thinketh in his heart, so
is he. Proverbs 23:7
Clearing out clutter, and sprucing up after the holidays, called for something
new from the nearby garden shop. I picked a hardy houseplant and placed the pot
outside where you could see it from the kitchen. It looked perfect out there.
One day I looked out the window and the plant was all bent over and facing the
other way. It had gotten plenty of water, what happened? It looked so pretty
before!
Seemed like that plant changed direction overnight. Of course, it didn’t happen
that fast. It was like time lapse photography. Each day, the little leaves
turned their faces towards the sun. Imperceptibly, the plant was turning. Ever
so slowly. And over a period of time, the difference was noticeable.
Plants don’t have a choice. They just do what they do. We, however, have a
choice. We can choose what we look at, what we think about, what we absorb.
In our day-to-day lives, all the seemingly insignificant decisions we make,
matter. As we turn in the direction of our focus, little by little, the choices
pile up to create a definite, noticeable change.
The Bible says: “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble,
whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is
admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things.”
(Phil. 4:8)
Wherever we may be planted, we can bloom and grow, as we continue to decision
and purpose to follow in the path our Lord has mapped out for us in His Word.
Thank you, Lord, in Jesus’name, amen.
Sally I. Kennedy is a songwriter and author of “Irish Thursdays: More Little
Parables”, "Words from the Heart”, and “52 Little Parables from Ireland" . She
lives in south Florida, with her husband Ben. Please visit her website at
http://www.sallyikennedy.com Sally’s
Email: sallyikennedy@bellsouth.net