Photos 1.Seed pack and new
growth 2.Butterfly bush blooming
1.17.26
NEW GROWTH – A BUTTERFLY BUSH AND THE HOLY SPIRIT
It was sunny and cold when I went out to look around in
my backyard and see what was new. There were a few bright yellow daffodils
smiling, but what caught my eye was when I looked at my butterfly bush and saw
that it was already putting out new green leaves and flowering in the top
branches. (In the photo the butterfly bush is the one on the left, as tall as
my redbud tree on the right!)
It’s been a few years now, but when I first planted the
tiny seeds, I hadn’t looked at the back of the package that said it took 365
days for it to bloom! What?! And truthfully, I forgot about it because it
didn’t even send one sprout up out of the ground until a whole year went by—a
whole year for the seed to start to wake up and grow. But the result is
beautiful and I love that bush. Instantly I was struck with how the growth of
this bush is similar in some ways to how the spiritual seed of Christ grows in
us as individuals.
We received a miraculous spiritual package when we got
born again. We renounced our past and confessed allegiance to the Lord Jesus
Christ. And we believed that God raised him from the dead, all for our sake. At
that moment, God planted a spiritual seed in us. And we began a new life in
Christ and we now look to Jesus Christ as the one who shows us God’s way to
think and live. The seed gets planted right away, but like the seed of a
butterfly bush, the different aspects contained in that seed, sprout, grow and
blossom at different times, not all at once.
As Second Corinthians 5:17 tells us: “Therefore if any
man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old
things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.”
There are so many wonderful surprises and blessings that
are a result of that one seed, they show up and manifest in varied amazing ways
over the expanse of our whole lives!
Recently I’ve experienced new spiritual insight on some
of the names of God, that has changed my life entirely. And I’ve begun to
recognize demons and demon teams that I was unaware of before. Just because we
grow older, doesn’t mean we stop learning spiritually. In fact, Abraham didn’t
even begin his venture into a spiritually dynamic life until he was 75 years
old!
Whatever the Lord Jesus is showing you now, and whatever
the holy spirit is teaching you, embrace it, remember it, record it, because
the whole rest of your life will be filled with many new and wondrous spiritual
sprouts, leaves, and blossoms.
Endeavoring to walk by the spirit is sometimes quiet, but
it’s never boring. We keep seeking new insight and understanding, and there is
always more.
One of the scriptures I pray every morning is Isaiah
43:19, where God says: “Behold, I will do a new thing;
now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the
wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
Every season, my beautiful butterfly bush sends up new
sprouts from its base, and they grow new, bright green leaves. Then later on,
they start sprouting small white flowers to feed the bees, butterflies, and
birds. And the process continues.
As we walk with God in our daily lives, continuing to
seek him and serve him, we grow spiritually, and new things are continually being
revealed to us. The seed of Christ-in-us lets us embrace those new things and
we continue to grow in the kingdom of our God all the days of our lives.
Love, Carolyn
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