Determined Blooms PUSH!

I’m no horticulturist, but I can wet plants.

And apparently, sometimes, that’s enough🙃

One of the plants I inherited is this potted plant you see in the display.

At first glance, it looked like a prop from the Final Destination movie: brown, brittle, and about to die.

My mother called it a ‘Nazareth Plant.’

Because looking at it, you think really, can anything good come from it?

So, I did what any ‘non-horticulturist’ would do…

I left it there.

Unbothered.

Unwatered.

Unloved.

Until one random day my sister asked me about it, so I poured water on it.

Two days later, I saw something.

Somewhere underneath all of that decay, lay potential in the form of seeds and roots.

A green shoot pushed through like a toddler playing peek-a-boo.

Life.

Potential.

Possibility.

It wasn’t dead. It was just dormant.

Waiting on the right condition. The right moment. Something to give it what it needed to push… 

As days passed, more shoots burst forth. By Day 5, it bloomed as if it had never tasted drought.

So it hit me…

How many of us are walking around like Nazareth plants?

Looking lifeless.

Drenched in disappointment.

Layered in old leaves of rejection, burnout, broken dreams.

Yet, underneath all that,

Seeds are still waiting.

Roots gripping for life.

Potential still alive.

You’re not dead. You’re dormant!

And sometimes, in need of a little watering…

…the kind of refreshing that flows when someone speaks life into you.

In the midst of all the negativity and harsh conditions of life, all you need is the right motivation to push past and blossom.

When hope whispers, “You’ve still got it.” Or someone says, “I believe in you,” and you actually believe in them; those words resonate with you.

SO … Water your dormant thing.

That idea. That song. That business plan. That ministry.

What is it you thought was buried but it was actually just planted.

DETERMINED BLOOMS PUSH!

Even through neglect.

Even after delay.

Nazareth plants blossom.

Have you stopped watering something you once believed in?

Let’s talk about it. Share in the comments 👇🏽

Tell me what you think is too far gone and may just need a refreshing perspective.

Comment about some of the things you have to push past.

What does blossoming look like for you?

Bloom in Solitude🌸