Growing Slow?

This quote was too good not to share...

"I need to slow down.

And I'm asking the Lord to help me do it.

I want to move slowly enough to be aware of all the joys He has hidden for me.

I want to slow down enough to grow as He wants me to grow. 

I want to be quiet enough to hear His voice. 

I need His wisdom to know how to spend my time and how to order my days."

by Kathryn Hillen

 

It was stunning to stop & ponder about how growing "slow" could possibly be a good thing.

Slow? What????

At first I was thinking, "No! I want to GROW fast! I want to 'get there', be mature! Wise!"

But then...God brought to mind, a dieffenbachia plant I have.

 

When I used to have it in in my very sunny bathroom, it would grow REALLY fast .

So fast that the stems were all slender, and when they would get any taller than about 1 foot,

the whole plant would start leaning over, and eventually fall,

being too heavy for the too slender stem to hold up.

 

Ah-hah.

I finally can see that growing SLOWer can have it's benefits,

that we can be strong & sturdy enough to handle the weight of what He allows into our life.

 

Yes, words to chew on.....and chew on...and chew on.

I can tell it's going to take some chewing to get this "bitter but good for me" news
to go down deep into my soul.