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PASTOR TODD’S WEEKLY WORD
Dear Friends,
A couple months ago, I introduced the Southern Heights family to a Fiddle Leaf Fig plant that had been entrusted to my care and has taken up residence in my office. (FYI, at the time, I had been tasked with naming it, and “Miss Figgy” is the most charming of the suggestions we all came up with!). Miss Figgy is now roughly 5 feet tall! And this presents some issues which you green-thumbed people will surely understand better than I do about repotting and watering. However, there is something else I just learned about figs this morning:
“Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.” – Mark 13:28
Friends, when I arrived in my office this Tuesday morning, Miss Figgy looked like she was trying to crawl out the window on the south wall of my office! So I turned the pot 180 degrees so she could grow back toward the window/sun this week. On Wednesday morning, she was leaning way into the room like a Charlie Brown Christmas tree! Did I give her too much water? Probably. Does she need a bigger pot? Likely. However…it’s also almost summer! And apparently one of the ways to know that is that burst of big, leafy top growth, and then a “softness and tenderness” in the twigs of the Fig…which, you know, might make a top-heavy little Fig tree a bit bendy!
For at least a few days, until she’s regained some strength of her own, I have given Miss Figgy some props to help hold her steady. And I’m keeping a closer eye on her so I know when she’s ready to stand on her own again.
It’s a great reminder, in this season of celebrations of big milestones, especially for those of us gathering around others who are experiencing the graduations or the weddings & anniversaries or the big achievements or awards or whatever. There’s so much life and excitement and hope…and then there’s a tender season in there in which even the best and most independent of us needs some extra flanking. We can do that for each other ALL the time through prayer, but sometimes we need to be a little more tangibly present. Watch for those needs. And be that person for somebody when they’re feeling a little too “soft and tender” and start to bend too far under the weight of life. That’s what Jesus would do, amen?
Speaking of being present for each other… That is kind of the whole point of what we do together every Sunday morning: be present to each other and to God, reminding each other that the Lord of all things is present among us! It’ll help keep you upright! 10:30am, every Sunday. 4141 East Hillandale. You’ll be glad you came. See you Sunday morning friends!
His…Pastor todd <><
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