Surrender...
244/365 - Our Daily Challenge - "Begins with S"
I love acorns, so I was glad for an opportunity to shoot them today. If I'm thinking literally about the challenge, I could say that S is for simplicity, or seasonal, or seed. But in a figurative sense, I believe the acorn represents surrender. John 12:24 says "unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds". The same applies to acorns. A wise woman said it this way:
"We are being asked to trust, to leave the planning to God. God's ultimate plan is as far beyond our imaginings as the oak tree is from the acorn's imaginings.The acorn does what it was made to do, without pestering its maker with questions about when and how and why. We who have been given intelligence and a will and a wide range of wants that can be set against the divine Pattern for Good are asked to believe Him. We are given the chance to trust Him when He says to us, ' ...If any man will let himself be lost for my sake, he will find his true self."
“When will we find it?” we ask.
The answer is “TRUST ME”.
“How will we find it?”
The answer again is, “TRUST ME”.
“Why must I let myself be lost?” we persist.
The answer is:
“LOOK AT THE ACORN AND TRUST ME”.
(Catherine Marshall)
Trust...that's challenging for a control freak like me. Maybe that's part of why I love acorns so much...because they remind me that my job is not to try to control(control is an illusion anyway)...It's to trust the One who knows what He's doing.
Textures by Kim Klassen: Ugglove and Scripted Autumn
Nikon D5000, 105mm
Surrender...
244/365 - Our Daily Challenge - "Begins with S"
I love acorns, so I was glad for an opportunity to shoot them today. If I'm thinking literally about the challenge, I could say that S is for simplicity, or seasonal, or seed. But in a figurative sense, I believe the acorn represents surrender. John 12:24 says "unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds". The same applies to acorns. A wise woman said it this way:
"We are being asked to trust, to leave the planning to God. God's ultimate plan is as far beyond our imaginings as the oak tree is from the acorn's imaginings.The acorn does what it was made to do, without pestering its maker with questions about when and how and why. We who have been given intelligence and a will and a wide range of wants that can be set against the divine Pattern for Good are asked to believe Him. We are given the chance to trust Him when He says to us, ' ...If any man will let himself be lost for my sake, he will find his true self."
“When will we find it?” we ask.
The answer is “TRUST ME”.
“How will we find it?”
The answer again is, “TRUST ME”.
“Why must I let myself be lost?” we persist.
The answer is:
“LOOK AT THE ACORN AND TRUST ME”.
(Catherine Marshall)
Trust...that's challenging for a control freak like me. Maybe that's part of why I love acorns so much...because they remind me that my job is not to try to control(control is an illusion anyway)...It's to trust the One who knows what He's doing.
Textures by Kim Klassen: Ugglove and Scripted Autumn
Nikon D5000, 105mm