A Plant Story: Giving
Posted on 08. Jun, 2010 by Angie Wyatt in Blog
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What can plants teach us about Spiritual Wellness? I posed this question in my post A Plant Story. Recently, my husband and I repotted our three indoor plants. The plants served as a metaphor for my life.
When re-potting our second plant, we discovered that we had neglected to line the bottom of the pot with rocks. When potting plants, my husband & I line the bottom of the pot with rocks. This helps the soil to drain by properly filtering out any access water. This pot was not lined, so the soil was not properly draining. Instead, it was holding onto excess moisture. The plant showed signs of mildew and there was damage to the root system. A plant was slowly dying.
Water is necessary to the life of a plant. It’s nourishes and feeds the plant. However, when water does not filter out, it will eventually ruin a plant.
Are you holding in the positive things in your life? Or, are you allowing your life to positively influence others? Does your soul filter properly?
Water Your Soul with Spiritual Wellness:
With the exception of God, too much of a good thing quickly becomes a bad thing. Like hoarders trapped in mounds of junk, even excess food and clothing risk damage to your soul.
The same is true of spirituality. God gives us spiritual gifts, talents, knowledge. He gives us the ability to love and serve. He gives us these spiritual blessings to nourish and revitalize our soul. Through Spiritual Wellness we learn to then offer these blessing to others. God moves in us, then He moves through us.
When we hoard our spiritual blessings, then we hinder God from moving through us. This is a selfish and hypocritical spirituality. Spiritual Wellness involves God, self and others. As you bless others, you strengthen your own Spiritual Wellness.
How has God blessed you with spiritual talents, gifts and abilities? Are you offering your spiritual blessings to others? Encourage us with your thoughts and insight.
Jan-Michael
13. Jul, 2010
When I share a spiritual Blessing (I used to hold the thoughts, feeling intimidated that I might offend a person who did not like things “spiritual”)I feel exhilerated to bear witness to His blessing in my(our) lives. I find, even if the person says something negative I do not feel affronted but sense it was good and honest and appropriate of me to speak my Blessed experience. I feel a need to silently pray for that person who gave me “the cold shoulder” response. I pray they will have some positive feeling from what I shared. Often that person at a future encounter is more gentle spirited and less negative or even shares some good thing that happened in their life.
I have learned I should share my happiness at closeness to God and not in a way to try to “convert” someone but to let His spirit flow through me and trust it will be good. It is not my purpose to always try to protect myself or others from what may be negative due to the other person’s upbringing or bad spiritual past. I have to do what I feel a need to share as positively as I can. That is all I can do unless the other person asks for something else to continue the conversation.
His blessed experiences can be a light for us and may or not shine onto others but we should never “hide the light under a bushel”!
J-M
Rose
13. Jul, 2010
Plants are like small children who are hungry to be teached how to grow up and learn useful things for their lives. Branches have to be cut every now and then that they can spread out. It means that we humans can grow in every part of our lives.- I think you want to put the title in a spirital context? I do not really see through (understand) what plants should have to do with spirituality. Blessings and have a good time until I’m back from the Israel trip. Rose
crysradil
13. Jul, 2010
I beleive plants have feelings. I talk to my all the time. As we nourish and revitalize our plants and trees . They can do the same for us. Working in the soil repotting in a pot or transplanting plants in a garden. We are helping them . There are tree Dr’s when trees and shubs need help In turn they give us beauty and food. And help our soul. I think this is what God planned . As he put everything on this earth to be usefull and helpfull to each other. Wether it is person,plants trees. or animal , insects or birds . We can provided for each other. What a blessing. Plants can heal our wounds . we have left that way and now we depend on most things man made. We depend on pills to heal and some even have plastic flowers and artificial trees. I find it very hard to feel God and his beauty unless it is real. One tiny little mustard seed can grow into a big strong tree. And if you have the faith of a small mustard seed nothing will be impossible for You . Now I think that is spirital.
God Bless Everyone
Cysradill
Jan-Michael
13. Jul, 2010
Cysradill I loved reading your thoughts and wonderful perspective on plants! I also talk to plants and flowers!
HE has blessed us, as you wrote, with beauty from the tiniest of sprouting seeds to the mightiest oak tree!
Jan-Michael