FINDING MORE

More can be a flower blooming in the desert. More can be the part of a damage package that is still good.

It is the redeemable in what is thought to be lost. The gold that remains in the dross of a given situation.

It is so easy to see something that falls short of one’s expectations as being a loss. But if we let our eyes end up blind to the truth or to see what is still good in the bad then we can easily miss the more.

The one truly wonderful thing I have learned about the Lord in terms of my own life is that he knows the end from the beginning. We judge only by the now or the past. So we can easily lose the ability to see potential in something we assume has no value. We have a hard time seeing where it can ever become more than what we currently see.

This is a real tragedy when the person with such sight does so as a parent or a teacher. For part of growth in some cases only happens when a withered plant is giving water. To pour out inspiration and encouragement to help what seems as hopeless eventually blossom.

God can look past the mask we where. He can see deep into the heart and know what lies there waiting to be awakened. Tomorrow may be the time when that which sleeps will truly flower.

Sadly with some people you are wasting your time expecting them to ever rise above their own nearsighted sense of purpose. They only know how to dispense the manure of criticism. They will never be able to help anyone go beyond their current limitations. You are simply wasting time thinking they will ever improve.

And yet sometimes we keep trying with the same person, hoping something we do will gain their approval. What lies underneath the soil of their thoughts are the many weeds of their own inner dissatisfaction. They will never rise above the misery of their own withered souls. So how can they ever nourish or encourage when they can’t do it for themselves?

With God the great joy is when one is following the Lord he can with time help us to evolve into the point of light and purpose that serves his purposes. That is different with each person. And regardless of how it is viewed by others, what truly counts is whether we are doing what God wants.

That must thrive in his light. It has to be according to what he feels will shine and not us. To the world it might look like foolishness or a waste of time. They don’t care about God’s will or his purposes. However, with the Lord if we follow the guiding of his Holy Spirit we shall come to the garden where our flowers of being will truly blossom by his standards. And having God as our gardener means what grows will live into eternity.