i've been watching the plants around me
budding.
i've been thinking about how they never grow weary
in their work.
even when snow and cold come upon them,
they are not deterred.
they get almost no assistance from us,
their neighbors in this little plot of earth.
but yet, they work and work and work.
they know
a stage will be set in spring
where their work
will be revealed.
i want to learn from them.
my work,
my daily repetitive work
will also one day
be presented in it's totality.
my prayer is that it might be as beautiful
as just one of the flowers' petals.
(a little branch on a neglected rose bush... budding red leaves that hold new snow.)
"there is no menial work.
"there is no menial work.
jesus came not as a philosopher,
not as a general.
he came as a carpenter."
tim keller
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3 comments:
happy friday!
thanks for that...you encouraged this weary plant by reminding me of being planted in HIS good soil. i appreciate it.
love all the snow pictures. we are so snow weary here, so it is fun to see such joy and excitement in the children's faces because of snow.
Katie, you are so inspiring.
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