We need to have patience with ourselves as well as, patience with others for we don’t become spiritually mature overnight. We are in process and spiritual growth takes time. As I looked out my window while writing one morning, I saw tall colorful flowers blooming and so beautiful; but I also remembered when I previously looked out at little piles of black dirt that received the seeds and took so long to grow. During that time, hope was needed, sunshine, lots of water and tending of the weeds to produce this beautiful array of flowers.
Aren’t our hearts like that as seeds are planted in us while we read the Word, listen to sermons, fellowship with others and spend time in prayer? We don’t all of a sudden become mature and do everything right. It takes time and patience and when we fail again, we don’t give up. We can ask the Holy Spirit to break up any clods of sin in our hearts, spend time in the sunshine of His presence, let the water of His word saturate us and gradually we grow. We may get excited when we see a bud appear as we know the seeds within are growing. Like it says in Isaiah 35:2 may we be “Like the crocus in spring, bursting into blossom, a symphony of song and color.”
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