Growing Like the Plants

Back in 2021, I received two small plants from the youth leaders at my church. I remember they wanted us to leave with a plant or two and take care of them. We were to watch their growth as we tended to them.

The plants were meant to represent our lives and our walk with God. We grow every day in Christ, but we have to make sure we are watering our relationship with Him and exposing ourselves to things of the light, not dark. 

I have learned a lot from my two plant babies. Fabian was always the more hearty plant, as I like to say. He seemed to grow more than my smaller plant, Kojo. Yes, I named them and they became part of my family! Sadly, Kojo withered away too fast and the only thing I have of him now is a part of him pressed somewhere safe. Fabian still sits on my desk. It was interesting, having never grown my own plants before.

What Fabian and Kojo have taught me is that we grow every day with the proper care. I had to tend to my plants in order for them to grow. And grow, they did! It seemed every day they expanded in size as I made sure they had enough water and sunlight. I even learned how to transfer them to a larger pot and add fresh soil once they outgrew the pots I had received them in. Apparently soil should also be changed every year…which I did not realise! It has been incredible to watch and a journey I’ll never forget. 

Just as my plants grew over these past years, so have I. There have been struggles, yes, but just as my plants thrived, so have I. And Kojo is gone, and one day I will be gone from this earth. All life has to end eventually. We start to slow down at some point, but we still continue to grow each day until the end.

I sure wish I still had Kojo to take care of and I know Fabian won’t last forever. But they have taught me such important lessons. Each time I look at Fabian or an image of Kojo, I am reminded of how much I have grown and how much growing I still have left to do. God’s Word waters me. The Christians I surround myself with are like the sunlight, shining God’s love onto me. I have to make sure I put my feet in good soil, not bad soil, and remove myself from toxic places that God does not want me in.

Thank you, Fabian and Kojo.

Thank You, God, for the lessons you have taught me through them.

Keep growing like the plants! Keep growing in God!

God bless you!