This morning as I was on the patio drinking coffee with Cliff, I noticed there was new growth, new life in the yucca planters. These yucca planters held vibrant yucca plants at one time, but had died off. Evidently I have a strong "brown thumb" and can kill even yucca plants.
I saw signs of life in the planters. I was surprised because it has been quite a while since there were signs of life. The planters themselves are pretty cool. They are Mexican pottery. I got the plants and the planters at Bees on a Bicycle. They are sadly no longer in business, as there is a life cycle for all things.
For these yucca plants, somehow, it was time for new life, new growth. I weeded out the weeds and took out the dead leaves from fall that were in the pot.
Both planters revealed several clumps of young yucca.
As I thought about this new life and new growth, I realized that I had no idea what was going on underneath the soil. I thought the plants were gone. But, I was wrong.
Isaiah 43:19 comes to mind:
"Look! I'm doing a new thing; now it sprouts up; don't you recognize it? I'm making a way in the desert, paths in the wilderness." (CEB-- Common English Bible)
What new thing is sprouting up in my life? In your life?
For me, I don't yet know, but it was encouraging for me to see new life, new growth and to remember that just because something seems gone, it doesn't mean it is. There is work being done underneath the surface, from the inside out.
It's not an easy thing to trust what one cannot see, to believe that there is life and growth when there is no evidence.
Yet, when it sprouts up, so does the hope and encouragement.
May I, you, we remember that there is more going on within than we realize or recognize.
Here's to new things and making a way in the desert, paths in the wilderness.
May the adventurous journey continue.
Rev. Deb
