Generally speaking,
if you stick a plant in a pot,
it will only grow as large as
the container allows space for the roots.
Bonsai trees for example:
Little Pot = Little Tree
The seeds are normal seeds that can grow into large trees, but you restrict the plant to a small container and do some pruning, and you get a mini tree instead.
While packing up to move out of our house, I couldn't help but be overwhelmed by how much stuff I acquire. It's all a cumulative effect that ends up being excessive. The house we just moved out of was great; we had lots of space that was fantastic for having people over. It also had a lot of space that was easy to put stuff into.
[I'm blessed to have friends who will store my life crap for a year]
If you give me a big living space, chances are, I will fill it up simply because I can. Just like a plant with roots that fill a container, I can fill a house with stuff in the same manner.
But now it's time to prune down the possessions
into.one.backpack.
it's a magical one that carries
absolutely everything I own
I'll just have to abandon
all the excessive amounts
of
things
that
make
me
too
comfortable.
Though I may be shrinking my material possessions into my 'mini pot' of a backpack…
a lot of God's Kingdom works counter intuitively.
Mini Pot ≠ Mini Me
I believe that by not having my normal comforts of my own room or a house that I keep filling with stuff will create a different environment for me that will create new growth.
11 months.
Freedom from the stuff that I get too easily attached to and
wrecklessly abandoned for God and His Kingdom purposes.
It's gonna be awesome.
I want less earthly treasures and more treasures in heaven.
I want less of me and more of God.
God's gonna take my bonsaized faith,
and grow it into a mighty tree.
And He's gonna do it,
[in just a little pot].
Mini Pot = Mighty Tree
[But we all start from a tiny seed]
"It’s not important
who does the planting,
or who does the watering.
What’s important
is
that
God makes the
seed grow.
1 Cor. 3:7
