Watching Growth
Recently, I realized that no matter how hard I try to make plants grow, they die. When I try to make grass grow, it lives. Some things I can keep alive and other things just die when I touch them. One of the coolest things to watch is grass grow. I overseeded recently and every day, at least once a day, you can find me out at the corner of my yard looking at the almost-microscopic pieces of tiny green blades pushing through the muddy ground. I love watching grass grow. And I love watching people grow. This has been a passion of mine for a long time.
This summer, I had the tremendous opportunity to work with 3 interns and one intern director. At the beginning of the summer, we got together and set some goals. We talked through the summer and how we wanted it to look. This summer, I have seen incredible growth in each of the interns. In their walk with Jesus, in their ministry experience, in their relationships with students. God is good. He is incredible when it comes to growing people. I bet God sits in the corner of his yard and watches the tiny green blades of grass popping through the rough dirt as he continues the daily relationship with his creation that he calls humanity!
God, grow me. Use me. Mold me. Shape me. Amen.
This summer, I had the tremendous opportunity to work with 3 interns and one intern director. At the beginning of the summer, we got together and set some goals. We talked through the summer and how we wanted it to look. This summer, I have seen incredible growth in each of the interns. In their walk with Jesus, in their ministry experience, in their relationships with students. God is good. He is incredible when it comes to growing people. I bet God sits in the corner of his yard and watches the tiny green blades of grass popping through the rough dirt as he continues the daily relationship with his creation that he calls humanity!
God, grow me. Use me. Mold me. Shape me. Amen.
posted by Pastor Chris Rollman @ 8:33 PM
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2 Comments:
Chris, I have had a couple of trouble spots in my back yard for a few years. Try as I might, I have yet to overcome nature in getting grass to grow through the season. I start it in the fall and I nurture it through the spring and early summer, only to watch it wane as the extreme heat and dry conditions zap it year after year. It is not from lack of moisture that this happens. It is my conclusion that the soil is somehow not properly prepared for growth to take place. Regardless of how much we try, if the soil is not fertile our efforts will be in vain!
Great thoughts Mark. Thanks.
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