WE’RE ROOTED and GROUNDED in LOVE
“you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge,“
A few days ago I was dismayed to discover that the cucumber plant I had planted in my vegetable garden was gone. I had noticed it wasn’t thriving like the other plants. I had noticed it was looking poorly. But I thought it was simply off to a slow start. Then, one day, it was simply gone. Since I’m fairly new to gardening, I had no idea what happened. I wondered, “Did my dog dig it up? Did another animal get into the garden and eat it?” I had no clue. A few days later, I noticed a second plant was beginning to look poorly and observed a few holes in the leaves. I inspected the plant, but didn’t see caterpillars or other insects on them. However, I decided to play it safe and sprayed them with an organic bug spray. And, so, we are like the plants. God has rooted and grounded us in the fertile soil of Christ’s love. We lack for nothing. However, we must be on guard for sometimes unobservable but very real infestations of greed, bitterness, pride, and overly busy schedules that eat away at the leaves and fruit God intends for us to bear. God has rooted and grounded us in love. What’s eating away at you?
Heavenly Father, sometimes we feel that something is wrong, but we don’t know what it is. We know in our minds that You have rooted and grounded us in love, but something is “eating away” at us. Please show us what it is. We pray that we thrive in the garden of Your love and bear the fruit of Your love to others.