Friday, February 9, 2024

Dear God,

How is it possible that a cut Christmas tree in a stand for nearly two months can sprout new growth? Today after I removed all the lights, baubles and icicles from my 9' tree, I noticed several green sprouts.  I could not believe it.  I simply could not conceive it.  Yet, there it was on several branches.

Why should such a thing be shocking to me?  For no one but you, O God, can bring about the impossible.  I suspect it had something to do with your challenge to me to grow new buds in my own faith.  With difficult challenges before me, there is opportunity to be new once again even though it is very possible that I have some dead branches in my soul.  

Thank you

for the joy

my tree's

new growth

gave me.

Thank you

for the beauty

that appeared

under all

the decorations.

Underneath it all

a treasure 

was forming.

Only you,

O God,

give such

extravagant gifts.

Love, Andrea