Thursday, September 22, 2011

five minutes: growing




Growing.

It's never easy. Is it meant to be? I wish it were.

Stretching, filling uncomfortable unknown spaces. Reaching outward, away from the familiar. 
Becoming.
Bearing.
Birthing.

That's the point of it: to reproduce. To give life. It's never static, ever changing; this cycle of growth: birth, life, death. I carry in the marrow of my bones the weight of countless generations gone before, carry the possibility of those yet to come.

Unless a seed falls to the ground and dies, it can not grow.

This fragile state, this life, this gift.


6 comments:

  1. This growing is never easy - always accompanied with a few growing pains.  But growth is good, definitely a gift.

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  2. Janelle@GraceTags.comSeptember 23, 2011 at 6:28 AM

    Beautifully written!

    Janelle@GraceTags.com

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  3. beautiful post...I have been study biology with my daughter...seed growth....it seems to be everywhere ...
    Blessings~

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  4. Growth happens naturally, but it definitely isn't easy.  Love your post.

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  5. Growth is often painful.  But it is so necessary if we are going to be Christ like!

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  6. beautiful post.Wishing you a weekend filled with joyful things, Katherine

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