I AM NOT DEAD YET

I am not much of the gardening type
as much as I love flowers and pot plants,
It takes quite a bit of an effort for
me to give the flowers and pot plants in my front yard the attention they deserve...
but I must admit they add such beauty and charm to my front yard.

lately I have just been too pre-occupied with all that has been happening in my life
and around me to even notice that I have plants to feed and nurture..
2 weeks ago I noticed that they had all withered and the leaves were dry,brittle
and falling,especially with the summer..
I sighed in regret..if only I wasn't too consumed with myself maybe my lovely front yard
would have been preserved.
I gave up,maybe it was too late to salvage the situation.

I might just try I said to myself and see what difference it makes..
I set out a couple of days ago to water the plants...I had just a small bowl of water..
and as I went back inside to get more water..I got distracted and never got round to fully
watering the plant(typical you would say)
2 days later,as I got home...something looked different...
my dying plant had opened up its leaves that were once curled.
I screamed....I thought you had died...and I could almost hear my plant say..
No am not dead yet..
the scent of water revived me...
I forgot how tired and exhausted I was...I ran in..filled a bucket with water and drenched the pots.
I was full of excitement...see what a bowl of water could do...

I could almost liken my present circumstances to that pot of plant in my front yard
Ah....there is still hope...there is still life no matter how lifeless it all looks.
How many times have I looked at a situation and called it hopeless,
How many times have I stopped hoping,expecting and trying.
How many times have I looked at the physical and made conclusions...
I looked at my life and everything that seemed dead
and hope arose...Faith was restored.
I remembered every negative decree that I had heard and I could see  Gods decree countering it
I could see instead the possibilities and the
certainties of God's truth and promises...HIS WORD
Right in my front yard God reminded me of the potency of his word...

Job 14:7-9(7For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. 8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; 9Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant

Through the scent of water...Every thing dead in my life would live again
not only would I survive but I would thrive and flourish
I am not cut off from my source,I am not dead yet
I am not finished yet...I am not defeated...I am not discouraged
no matter what it looks or seems like..
I would hold on to God's word and keep confessing it
Just like my pot Plant...I am not dead yet,
My future is certain,My later would be greater..I would be celebrated and
I would Testify...
I am so encouraged...and I trust you are.
God bless you.