Plants
I do not have a green thumb. My four ficus trees are dying. Ficus trees... the internet promised me you can't kill ficus trees. Sigh... Anyway, it also promised me that geraniums last forever - but mine have all been eaten. And yes, I did put stuff in them to keep away the bugs. I'm hopeless. Which leads me to my portulacas.
The plant store people told me I needed to water them about once a week. The internet told me they need very, very little water. So I watered them about a week and a half-ago... and since then we've had a lot of rain. OK - they don't actually get the full rain because of the balcony above me, but they get splashes and they get the moisture that's in the air. And, everyone tells me I over-water everything (probably causing the death of my ficuses) so, I let them be. And then yesterday morning I was so sad. They looked pit-a-ful. So, I watered them. And this morning they are happy, happy, happy.
It's the same with us.
I don't think our salvation is based on praying and being in God's word every day. But, I do think it is water for our souls. A sermon instead of listening to the news on the way to work. Worship music while working out today. Reading 1st Samuel in the bath-tub. I don't know... maybe we could use some watering, too.
The plant store people told me I needed to water them about once a week. The internet told me they need very, very little water. So I watered them about a week and a half-ago... and since then we've had a lot of rain. OK - they don't actually get the full rain because of the balcony above me, but they get splashes and they get the moisture that's in the air. And, everyone tells me I over-water everything (probably causing the death of my ficuses) so, I let them be. And then yesterday morning I was so sad. They looked pit-a-ful. So, I watered them. And this morning they are happy, happy, happy.
It's the same with us.
I don't think our salvation is based on praying and being in God's word every day. But, I do think it is water for our souls. A sermon instead of listening to the news on the way to work. Worship music while working out today. Reading 1st Samuel in the bath-tub. I don't know... maybe we could use some watering, too.
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