Growing’s not easy
     to do on our own.
For growth comes about
     by the seeds that are sown.
To grow in good deeds,
     what do you plant?
When your mind keeps on saying,
     “To do that, I can’t.”

“I can do all things
     as He gives me strength.”
Does my life reflect that,
     do I live at such length?
Do I seek something easy
     and just what I know.
Then sit back and wonder
     why my life doesn’t grow.

To grow as it ought to,
     a plant needs some sun.
It also needs rain
     before it is done.
Our life’s not that different,
     the Son helps us grow.
But so does the rain —
     the pain that we know.
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As I was thinking about spring’s eventual arrival and the beauty that arrives with spring growth, God gave me this poem. I pray that it brings glory to His name and serves the purpose for which He gave it.

In prayer,
Tom