Friday, March 26, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Focusing on the fruit...
The other day I was reading in The Handbook of Nature Study by Anna
Comstock and I came across a quote that struck me. She was discussing
the gentle art of introducing your children to plants and she
remarked, "the children's attention should be focused on the
developing fruit instead of the fading and falling petals." I stopped
right there and read the line again. I underlined it and put a star
next to it. Could she have been talking to me? There it was, my
truth for the day, right in front of me. I have spent the last few
months of my life constantly thinking about my fading and falling
petals! I look in the mirror and wonder where my beautiful hair went,
when my prominent chin fell into my neck, and when I morphed from a
girl with NO junk in my trunk into a woman who now sports junk
EVERYWHERE. What happened to me? I used to be pretty, smart, quick
witted. Now I feel like the only time I'm quick is if one of my kids
are running into traffic. The other day it took me well over 30
minutes to come up with the word planetarium (and now I'm not even
sure if I spelled it right)! Then I had the moment of realization, I
may have lost some of my appeal (praise God for my awesome husband who
loves me dispite my metamorphasis), but look at my developing fruit!
I know my petals have faded and fallen because I've been busy growing
fruit. I can't preserve those petals, no matter how much Botox Tricare
might approve. And you know what? I don't want to! Beautiful,
fragrant flowers and fruit are much better than petals any day in my
book! I just hope I can nurture those little buds so that they can
grow as big and beautiful as God has planned for them. Lord, help me
to nurture those little buds!
Comstock and I came across a quote that struck me. She was discussing
the gentle art of introducing your children to plants and she
remarked, "the children's attention should be focused on the
developing fruit instead of the fading and falling petals." I stopped
right there and read the line again. I underlined it and put a star
next to it. Could she have been talking to me? There it was, my
truth for the day, right in front of me. I have spent the last few
months of my life constantly thinking about my fading and falling
petals! I look in the mirror and wonder where my beautiful hair went,
when my prominent chin fell into my neck, and when I morphed from a
girl with NO junk in my trunk into a woman who now sports junk
EVERYWHERE. What happened to me? I used to be pretty, smart, quick
witted. Now I feel like the only time I'm quick is if one of my kids
are running into traffic. The other day it took me well over 30
minutes to come up with the word planetarium (and now I'm not even
sure if I spelled it right)! Then I had the moment of realization, I
may have lost some of my appeal (praise God for my awesome husband who
loves me dispite my metamorphasis), but look at my developing fruit!
I know my petals have faded and fallen because I've been busy growing
fruit. I can't preserve those petals, no matter how much Botox Tricare
might approve. And you know what? I don't want to! Beautiful,
fragrant flowers and fruit are much better than petals any day in my
book! I just hope I can nurture those little buds so that they can
grow as big and beautiful as God has planned for them. Lord, help me
to nurture those little buds!
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