Church of the Nazarene

 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and
destruction... life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so
that you and your children may live. Deuteronomy 30:15-19
.. .as (a man) thinketh in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7

Clearing out clutter, and sprucing up after the holidays, called for
something new from the nearby garden shop. I picked a hardy houseplant
and placed the pot outside where you could see it from the kitchen. It
looked perfect out there.

One day I looked out the window and the plant was all bent over and
facing the other way. It had gotten plenty of water, what happened? It
looked so pretty before!

Seemed like that plant changed direction overnight. Of course, it
didn’t happen that fast. It was like time lapse photography. Each
day, the little leaves turned their faces towards the sun.
Imperceptibly, the plant was turning. Ever so slowly. And over a period
of time, the difference was noticeable.

Plants don’t have a choice. They just do what they do. We, however,
have a choice. We can choose what we look at, what we think about, what
we absorb.

In our day-to-day lives, all the seemingly insignificant decisions we
make, matter. As we turn in the direction of our focus, little by
little, the choices pile up to create a definite, noticeable change.

The Bible says: “Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is
noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever
is admirable–if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such
things.” (Phil. 4:8)

Wherever we may be planted, we can bloom and grow, as we continue to
decision and purpose to follow in the path our Lord has mapped out for
us in His Word. Thank you, Lord, in Jesus’name, amen.