New Growth

Michael gave this plant to me a while back. At the time of purchase it was a pot of blooming Calla Lilies. I re potted them in hopes of saving them. I thought it was a lost cause and was on the way to the trash with it when Michael asked me not to throw it out. So I took the scissors to the dead stuff and found a new spot for it to sit. My husband took over the care of it from there and here it is. The picture isn't as good as it could be, but if you look really close you'll see new tender sprouts growing out of the center of the pot.

This is my Elephant Ear that I was so excited about. It has been moved a few times. It seems to like it here. That's a new leaf uncurling.

This is actually my pride and joy. I can't explain why but I have always like the Christmas Cactus. Usually I buy them small during the season and then they get pitched because they didn't survive. This one is a survivor! It has traveled with us from Coast to Coast. While we were in Pensacola, Fl. we pitched it under a bush out side thinking that it was a goner. Then about a year later when it came time to move again, we were cleaning up the yard and found it. It look better than it ever had! So I loaded it into the car and back to Ca it came. Even though it lived it didn't want to bloom any more for me. Look at it now. I am so excited!! It is full of blooms. I'm not sure the picture shows it to well, but they are there and it is going to be gorgeous.

I'm sure there is a Biblical truth that can be found in the lives and new growth of these plants, esp the one that was thrown to the way side and refused to die. I think that God could use each plant to speak to each of us in a different way. The thought that is nibbling my brain right now is how we threw that cactus plant out to be ignored. It remained at my house but I was no longer in control of it's growth. One would focus on the fact that it was thrown to the elements unprotected, or one could focus on the fact that I had removed my hands from the situation and allowed God to deal with it. How many times are we actually in the way of the Holy Spirit's ability to move in a person's life?