Back from my walk, I strolled round the garden to see what’s
happening. I was surprised to see wallflowers budding and beginning to show
colour. I planted them last year, given them by my neighbour, and didn’t know
whether to leave them in for another year or pull them out in autumn. I’m glad
I left them in.
It’s lovely to find new growth where things appeared dead.
Kris Vallotton coined a phrase, ‘call out the gold’, in reference to seeing the
good in every person, prophetically or otherwise. I pray that this might be my
aim today and every day, that when I consider anyone else, I ‘call out the gold’.
That’s what God does with us. Even when we were still
sinners, he saw something within us worth redemption and Jesus came and died
for us. Even when we mess up, he still looks at what might appear dead, and
sees green shoots of life and beauty.
The message of Easter. So fitting for springtime!
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