Go Toward the Light~

Proverbs 3: 5-8 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to Him, and He will make your paths straight. Do not be wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord and shun evil. This will bring health to your body and nourishment to your bones.”

I like having plants in my home, but I do not have a green thumb. On the contrary, I am the antithesis of a green thumb, which thesaurus.com says is a brown thumb. That’s funny!

Nevertheless, I have one plant in particular that is a fighter. This green leafy vine has dutifully sat on my windowsill for over a year in a parrot planter and survived my sporadic attention. I water it when I remember, and sometimes I’ll say something nice like, “Thank you for not dying.” Sometimes I am insensitive and will say, “I can’t believe you’re still here!” But I noticed something remarkable the other day that really grabbed my attention. The entire plant started leaning in one direction, so I turned it around to straighten it up, but it started leaning again. I finally figured out that it was sun-starved, and in an effort to revive itself – (because I am no help) – it was reaching toward the light.

Selah~ (Pause and think about that)

Some of us right now need health in our bodies and nourishment in our bones. We need peace in our hearts, and joy in our families. We need to skip all the detours, wrong turns, and dead ends. We need for our path to be straight, which mean it will be smooth and successful. The way to invite that into our lives is by doing what my little plant did: Go toward the Light.

PRAYER: Dear Lord, We lean into You right now through prayer. We are the first to admit that You know it all and we don’t. We need Your guidance and wisdom. Shine Your light into our lives. In Jesus’ name, AMEN~