大象传媒

A spiritual comment and prayer to begin the day with Julia Loveless, singer & writer

LETTING THINGS GO

Good morning.

There is something secret and miraculous about a seed going into the dirt and birthing a plant. For the new plant to live and grow, the seed has to die. It is buried beneath the soil and remains unseen for days - until, quietly and slowly, a small green shoot pushes its way through the muck towards the sunlight. Forgive me, because I love a good metaphor, and this gardening one is one of my favourites.

There are some things in our lives that need to die - that need to be buried and lost, that need to be let go of - before something new and better and bigger can come along. Sometimes it鈥檚 an assumption that needs to die - a fixed idea of how something should be or how someone should behave that is preventing us from seeing the new potential. Sometimes it鈥檚 a possession that we need to give away or repurpose entirely.

It might be a job, a home, a friendship or even a dream. These things are never bad in themselves - in fact, for the right season, they will have been exactly what you needed. But if we fail to see when the fruit in our life becomes seeds, we will neglect to plant them and we won鈥檛 get to see the next crop.

Lord, if there are things in my life that need to be buried and die so that the next, good thing can grow, help me recognise it. And give me the courage to plant for the next season. Amen.