Frankly, I was an unbeliever. When my husband harvested seeds from a roadside lotus plant a few years ago, I didn’t believe we could really grow it. But I kept my mouth shut as he dug a deep hole, set a plastic garbage can, and planted the seeds in soil weighted with stones in the deep water. The first two years, only the round leaves perched on tall stems stood out among our backyard tangle of coneflowers, coreopsis, and cosmos. But in the third year, it bloomed! Not only did the plant grow from the found seeds, it reproduced itself, beautifully.
How many seeds are languishing in our lives because we don’t believe they can grow? Seeds of greatness or at least of goodness. Ways we could bloom if we could just believe it was possible. We don’t pursue what we don’t believe is possible. We vaguely dream of impossible activities, but we don’t plan to make them happen. We don’t go back to school to learn new skills. We don’t call the local SCORE business counselors to help us start a new business if we have no vision of success. We don’t get off the couch if we feel like seedless soil.
Granted, seeds don’t always come to fruition. But seeds will for sure not grow if they are left in the seed bin. Only those that are exposed to light, air, and water will take root.
Jesus, please show us the seeds you want to nourish in our lives and give us grace to let them grow.