Once again, the young teacher read the note attached to the beautiful ivy plant.
“Thanks to the seeds you planted, one day we will be like this beautiful plant. We thank you for everything you have done for us. Thank you for investing time in our lives. ”
A wide smile lit the teacher's face as tears of gratitude ran down her cheeks. As the only leper who expressed gratitude to Jesus when he was healed, the girls he had taught at Sunday school remembered to thank their teacher. The ivy plant represented a gift of love.
For months the teacher faithfully watered the growing plant. Every time she looked at her, she remembered those special teenagers and that encouraged her to continue teaching.
But after a year, something happened. The leaves began to turn yellow and fall; all but one. He thought about getting rid of ivy, but decided to continue watering it and fertilizing it. One day, passing through the kitchen, the teacher saw that the plant had a new outbreak. A few days later, another sheet appeared, and then another. In a few months, the ivy was again becoming a beautiful plant.
Henry Drummond says: “Don't think that nothing happens, simply, because you don't see your growth, or you don't hear the hum of the engines. Great things grow silently. ”
God never shouts, never raises his voice, we can hear his beautiful and soft voice in the silence of our lives.
There are few joys greater than the blessing of faithfully investing love and time in the lives of other people. Never, never give up on those plants!
Galatians 6: 9
Let us not get tired of doing well; because in his time we will reap, if we do not faint.