Growing Pains

God's Gift: A Plate of Tiny Reminders

You can walk into my kitchen at any given time and see jars and trays of little sprouting beans, seeds and nuts. Friends joke and say it's more like a science experiment than a kitchen. I love the life force circulating in this most important room.

Over the past few months I have certainly been faced with some challenges and just last week received the big fat cherry of doom placed upon this already overwhelming pile of blah. I have kept my spirits up most of the time but still cannot help but wonder why does it all have to be so tough right now.

It all hit a turning point this morning about 3am and I wanted to share it with you straight from my heart.

I was rinsing my tray of adzuki beans that have been out to sprout now for one day. I was checking them out and observed their little cracked skin. For those of you that haven't sprouted before, their skin cracks as the bean absorbs and swells with the water necessary to kick in the live enzyme that is required for sprouting.

I started thinking about how I feel as if I am cracking at times and took pleasure in the thought of what great life force will come to me after this hardship passes. Life is not always easy but we must stay present and trust in God because greater gifts will follow.