Have you ever had one of those days (weeks, months or
years) when everything seems to be stacked up against you?
Nothing appears to be going right despite your prayers, good
intentions, hard work, and determination.
It can be a very disheartening time.
A time when doubt and insecurity can slowly creep in and
make you feel as if you are stuck in a hole with no way out.
Now imagine what it must be like to be a seed.
One day Mr. Seed is just minding his own business, hanging
out with the other seeds, dreaming about how they can't wait
to become mighty fruit trees one day.
Then all the sudden the Farmer reaches his hand into the
bag and pulls out Mr. Seed, shoves him into a hole, covers him
in manure, almost drowns him in water and then walks away to
do the same thing to the next seed.
Can you imagine what Mr. Seed must be thinking? His nice
little life, dreaming of becoming a mighty fruit tree has been
ruined. "Why Farmer, Why," he shouts! He's lost in the dark,
feeling scared, defeated, unsure of what is next, wondering
why the Farmer would just leave him there and worst of all...
he's covered in MANURE!
All his life he wanted to become a mighty fruit tree but
now he's just stuck in this hole with no way out.
Sound familiar?
You see, Mr. Seed only was able to see things from his
limited perspective. He didn't know what the Farmer knew. The
Farmer knew than in order for Mr. Seed to grow and become that
mighty fruit tree that he'd need to start out in the soil.
Every day when Mr. Seed thought he was being drowned, it was
really the Farmer pouring down the water that would give him
life. Ever day when Mr. Seed thought he was being covered in
more and more manure, it was really the Farmer helping him
grow.
The moral of the story is this...
When you are stuck, when it seems like everything is
against you and there's no way out of the hole you are in...
remember the Farmer's Perspective. It's in the hole, often
covered in manure, that we experience the growth we need to
reach our dreams and bear fruit.
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