Quote Of The Day

 

"The kingdom of God is here, in the midst of this life stage, in the midst of this season, in the midst of this moment right now. There may be parts of your life where you feel like you are burying seeds again. You're holding an idea, a relationship, a loss, or a dream and you're daring to believe it will grow. So you dig into the cool dirt and drop that seed into the darkness, you cover it up, and you wait. All that would seem counterintuitive if you knew nothing of gardening, maturity, and life. Intuition says you have to hold on to these things - leave them out in the light to be displayed, produced, fixed, worked on, and planned for... But in order for the idea, the relationship, the loss, or the dream to burst forth with the light of life, first it has to be buried in the darkness of time. 

You pour the clear water of hope on the mount of dirt that covers that hidden seed, which you're hoping will begin to breathe, to break, to push down roots so that it might come up green. You peer at the ground, and every day that passes without a sprout, doubt begins to grow instead your heart instead. Maybe you've done this whole thing wrong. Maybe you didn't bury it deep enough, water it enough, give it enough room to grow. Maybe you missed the seasonal window - you're too late or too early or too much or not enough. Maybe you've planted the wrong seed. Maybe you shouldn't have planted a seed at all. 

In the waiting, it's easy to question and normal to doubt. But there's another reality at work, once we can't always see without help... 

Am I allowing the light to do what light does best - to warm, fill, and lift? 

Am I allowing the darkness to do what darkness does best - cover, protect, and grow? 

God declares His glory in the light, but first He forms new life in the dark, bringing it to the surface in His own time and in His own way." 

- Emily P. Freeman