I love all types of plants; unfortunately, I don’t have adequate space in my apartment for many of them. There is only one space where enough light comes in to provide the nourishing sunlight needed for growth. I began with this one plant and she gave me 7 off shoots; 3 were given to friends who admired them when visiting my home. There are four along with the mother I still enjoy each morning the sun beams through my window. I noticed the mother plant was showing signs of having born the 7 children she gave me. She seemed to be showing signs of aging, although her leaves were full they were sparse.

This was her condition for such a long time I began to think I might lose her, but; I noticed something that grabbed my attention, she was showing signs of new life where I thought no life existed. I was so excited and began to watch her daily; first the bud then the stems and now the leaves have appeared. Each time I look at it a smile covers my face and I am reminded of when at one time in my life I was that mother plant, surviving from one day to the next; sometimes feeling so lost while wearing a smiling face. So comfortable with the darkness that had me locked in its grasp.

I’m a good person, I go to church, I help whenever and wherever I can was what I told myself; so why do I feel the way I do? What’s missing from my life? So many questions, so few answers; but, God had a plan for my life. The light of His love dispelled the darkness, the knowledge of the sacrificial death and resurrection of His Son for the salvation of sinners captured my heart and gave me hope for new life in the sunlight. No more unanswered questions, no more stress or worry; my heart belongs to Jesus the Christ in Him have I found new life.

New life is possible if you have strayed away, the savior is granting new life everyday; He waits patiently for those who are lost to reach out to Him, He has already paid the penalties cost. Don’t languish in darkness or chains of despair, Jesus waits to show you just how much He cares; “I am come that they may have life, and that they might have it more abundantly”. John 10:10

My revelation as I sit by the pool of grace