Grow

We are all made to grow. I know that at times you think that you may not be growing in your spiritual life, but you are, it is all that you can do. Too many times we go about our lives thinking that we must do something to be growing. Really sometimes all we need to do is wait. This is so hard for us. Jesus told us this.

Then Jesus said, "God's kingdom is like seed thrown on a field by a man who then goes to bed and forgets about it. The seed sprouts and grows—he has no idea how it happens. The earth does it all without his help: first a green stem of grass, then a bud, then the ripened grain. When the grain is fully formed, he reaps—harvest time!

Mark 4:26

This happened to my family recently. We really do not know how it happened, but this summer a plant start growing at the end of the driveway be the house. It had these big leaves and bright flowers. We knew that we did not plant it, but there it was. At some point we noticed this thing that looked like a small watermelon. We thought that we might have thrown some seeds there at some point and we were amazed to see that they grew. However, there was once more surprise. It is now turning colors and is orange. It is a pumpkin! How in the world a pumpkin is growing at the end of our driveway we will never know. The only reasonable answer is the verse above. We threw some seeds there at some time and forgot about them. They grew with no help from us!

This is how we all are. We have a need to grow or we die! The kingdom of God is alive and well inside of you. Do not work so hard at times to make it grow, allow it to grow. Do the things you need to do every day, but allow God to control the outcome and the growth. Growth is natural. Make the conditions right in your life, and then just let it happen. Do not worry that is should happen a certain way, just let it be. This is the kingdom of God. It is thrown into your heart and will grow because it has to.

Namaste'