After my house warming several years ago, I received a very cool bowl that depending on the activity I'm hosting it is placed throughout the house.
Most of the time the bowl is used to house potpourri but earlier this year I started dumping wine corks in the bowl. After some months and many parties later the bowl is full.
I never really paid much attention to why I was so persistence about making sure we didn't throw any cork away, even if we could only save half a cork I would still just throw it in the bowl. Now that the bowl is full I couldn't believe that my kids wanted to throw all the corks away; "really"? Their chief compliant was the corks didn’t serve a purpose.
Well, every Saturday I'm at CNN radio and every time I get there I'm rushing to get to the 19th floor but because of an approaching holiday we prerecorded the show during the weekday. On this day I wasn't in a hurry and noticed an over sized glass container that sits on the lobby check-in desk. I suppose I never noticed it before because it had been hidden by the sign in front of it that encouraged visitors to contribute wine corks. For every cork donated money is contributed for cancer treatments and in addition the corks are recycled.
I must admit that my heart smiled as I emptied my bag into the glass container. My contribution actually filled it to the top. Last year this time the doctors told my family and me that my father wouldn't make it through the weekend. His cancer treatments had produced detrimental results but through God's grace he's still here. So knowing all too well the emotional and financial cost of cancer I recognize that my very minimal contribution of hundreds of corks didn’t amount to the cost of a pack of seeds. However, I believe that one of the most important objectives as a Christian is "to love your neighbor as you love yourself ". Love is an action and every action is a seed. Contingent on the number of seeds you plant, your life's garden can be beautiful and filled with an unlimited number of blossoms or on the other hand it can be desolate place.
Every seed planted has an opportunity to grow. A mustard seed is the smallest seed available but in the bible it is referred to as the greatest amongst herb consequently even the smallest action can create the most impactful result.
What kind of seeds are you planting? How does your garden grow?
