I love Mexican Petunias. Beautiful purple blooms are produced each day and fall off at night. The next day, there are new ones! In early spring, I planted some in my flower bed. After a few days, I noticed the plants were withering, and they seemed near death. As I looked at them closely, I realized I had not planted them deeply enough. Some of the roots were even visible! So I dug them up, made the holes bigger, and replanted them. Within days, they were thriving and had blooms!
Shortly after that, I realized those plants represented me. I had been in the middle of a spiritual drought, and I didn’t know why. Seeing my plants dying helped me realize my spiritual roots weren’t deep enough in the Bible, in talking to God, in thinking about Him throughout my day and in asking for His guidance.
How are your spiritual roots?
Pam Means
I have to admit my spiritual roots have not been as deep as they should be in the last couple of months. I still do my devotions and read verses from the Bible, but it’s sometimes hard to dig down deeper when there’s so much going on in ones life. Prayer can even be not quite deep enough. But, with this vision of your flowers roots digging deeper; I believe you are helping me bloom by this segment to dig deeper!!