buds and bugs

 Thursday, July 22, 2021 (5:43 a.m.)

Holy God,

Thank You! You keep working in us. Making us aware. Reminding us to be kind. Kinder. Kindest. Yes, Lord. Please continue Your very cultivating of us.

(6:58 a.m.)

And just like that I was outside tending to witherings plants. Deeply saddened by the decaying buds and ravenous bugs. Yes Lord. Dying buds and hungry bugs.

(9:51 a.m.)

On further examination, the buds and bugs are only symptoms to what could be the “root” of the problem. All the water that’s being sprinkled on the plants is going no deeper than the thick layer of mulch surrounding them.

This brings me all the way back to