I am so new to this blogging. It's kinda wierd, fun. Anyways, this blog isn't about weight loss or gain, it's about my thoughts and feelings at the time. So read and laugh and think.
A few years ago, Murray bought me a beautiful miniature rose plant for the home on Valentine's Day. I nurtured it, took care of it and watched it grow and produce little rose blossoms. Then this crazy plant started growing straight up instead of bushing out and it looked like three tall, spindly, sticks with a few little leaves and no blossom. So... I cut it down to almost the base and I am in the process of watching it...well... try to do something. Now it really is two little sticks sticking out of the dirt. The other day I looked at it and told Murray that I feel like my gospel testimony is like that rose bush. Firmly rooted, and still green but it's just not growing. Murray told me I should just throw the plant out. I said if the roots are still firmly planted and the stick is still green I am not giving up. Our testimonies should be the same. We shouldn't give up on our testimony just because it is at a standstill. We should be feeding and nourishing our testimonies so they will keep blooming and blossoming. Sometimes something happens that kind of cuts down our testimony but with the right kind of care, it will come back again this time bigger and more beautiful. So I patiently wait for my rose plant to come back and show off it's beautiful blossoms for all who come into my home.
Good Post :) I was thinking this the other day actually...very thought provoking :)
ReplyDeleteDon't throw it out yet it should grow back. Roses live for years. We've got a full size plant in the backyard that I need to replace. It was started when my parents lived in Crescent Heights over 20 years ago and when they moved down to the Flats they moved it with them. So it's been here for almost 15 years. After it's move it never did blossom again. Too much shock. That and after so many years they will grow but not blossom anymore. There's also a special way of pruning them to keep them blossoming.
ReplyDeleteMakes me want another Venus Flytrap! That was my favorite a few years back when Alan got me it for valentines day. It grew good until the day the missionaries came over and accidently dumped the pot. It had been getting some sun outside on the stairs at our old place in CH. Might have to go find another one of those!