A Geranium Analogy

A geranium knows Today I decided to move a geranium out of the direct sun because it was beginning to show signs of stress such as lightening of the leaves. The weather getting so much hotter--- I was about to move it to a partial sunny place but I realized it would look so much better if I would take away all the dead stems and dried up leaves first, so I began to pull away all this ugliness and the geranium began to look alive again. IT was the Same plant as it had been, just minus the yellowed and dead leaves and stems. So I was reminded of human life being the same way. If we were left on our own like I had been leaving the geranium, the brown dried up leaves of our lives would still be hanging on, until we were practically sufficated with it--no room for new growth--all you can see of your life would be the accumulation of the old--and the old was not going to do anything but hang on and keep you tired and weary---turning yellow under the heat. The other geranium I have isn't able to take care of this geranium ---it has its own baggage of brown leaves anyway. And you can't take care of yourself in this way--You aren't the master of your self--any more than the geranium is able to prune itself. Only the master of the geranium can do anything about it by removing the old growth. So do we need the master to remove the dead growth from us and bring us back to fresh newness---give us space to breathe and for new growth. Our friends and companions can't do it for us. Only the master of life can remove death and give us a fresh start. When we have all that dead stuff, it begins diseases that begin sucking the life out of us. Some branches were still alive yet they had to be removed because of this. I had to Cut those to remove them , but it was worth the pain in the long run--after the initial shock, the plant would begin to green up again and start new growth with Flowers budding.
So every time you remove the dead and diseased from a plant remember that the master of life, God Almighty, will do that for you when you make yourself available in the garden.
Let those who have ears, hear.

written by Janet Latham