Living in a box!

Clearing up the other day still finding parts of crackers and sweet wrappers after the Christmas Mellay, I found behind one of the chairs a forgotten present.
It was an Amaryllis one of those big bulbs pre-planted in a box.
It was a sorry site, on opening the box the poor plant restricted through lack of light had struggled to grow in its confined space.It had been drawn upwards by a small chink of light in the packaging, but instead of having a lush green flower stem with a beautiful colourful bloom, it was a sickly yellow and the flower had already developed failing to show its full potential in its dark environment.ahhhhhhh!
God says "you shall have life in all its fullness"(John 10:10), but circumstances can sometimes restrict our potential, and stunt our growth.
We had left the sorry looking plant in the conservatory bathed in winter sunlight but unfortunately it has not recovered, so this morning I decided to cut the yellowing, poorly developed forced flower stem off.ahhhh!
This will hopefully allow some of the latent future growth within the heart of the bulb to flourish.
The bible speaks of pruning to allow fruit to develop in the future, I guess although painful at the time, it is worth the sacrifice in the end...

Whenever God shines his light on me

Opens up my eyes so I can see

When I look up in the darkest night

I know everythings going to be alright

In deep confusion, in great despair

When I reach out for him he is there

When I am lonely as I can be

I know that God shines his light on me

Reach out for him, he'll be there

With him your troubles you can share

If you live the life you love

You get the blessing from above

He heals the sick and heals the lame

Says you can do it too in Jesus name

He'll lift you up and turn you around

And put your feet back on higher ground

Reach out for him, he'll be there

With him your troubles you can share

You can use his higher power

In every day and any hour

He heals the sick and heals the lame

Says you can do it too in Jesus name

He'll lift you up and turn you around

And put your feet back on higher ground.

Van Morrison