You ever look at someone else's life and then feel this jealousy start to take over? It could be the fact that they have an amazing husband with beautiful children, or maybe they're living a dream lifestyle of yours, with a house the size of Rhode Island and a pool the whole population could swim in.. or maybe they own a golf course and you always wanted one.. hey, no judgement here...
It's all in how you look at it. Whatever it is that your heart desires that isn't in your life and someone else has it. Got someone in mind? I sort of do. I'm more talking about the people who tend to see something in another person's life, and want it for them self, so they take it. Affairs, stealing.. that kind of stuff. If they saw a happy marriage or just a relationship, and theirs sucked, they it and figured it was only happy because the husband or wife was what made it happen.. and in a way it's true, but really they watered their grass! They only had a happy marriage because they worked on it together! And the people with the guts to break up a marriage, but not work on their own are pretty ignorant. Hey, I'm not against being happy, but do you really have to steal someone else's happiness? Come on, that's just not fair.
Love is a funny thing. It can happen whenever and wherever. And did you know that it is a living, breathing thing? I'm serious! You can feed love and it will grow!! Think of a marriage like a plant. If you don't take care of that plant it's going to die. You have to give it the things it needs to flourish, like good soil, and water, and sunshine. It takes time and energy to maintain a plant. I learned that the hard way. I thought all I had to do was water a plant and it would live. Well guess what happened to that plant? Yeah, it's no longer with us. It died. So sad. But from that experience I learned what needed to be done to keep a plant alive! I was always that person that figured plants were easy, it wouldn't matter, but when it was up to me to maintain one I failed miserably, until my mom needed me to take hers while her house was being finished. Because they didn't belong to me I knew my life was on the line.. ;-) And now I maintain five plants that I grew from pieces I took off healthy plants. My mom had a plant that was so big and needed pruning, so I took the pieces from that and put them in water and the roots grew. So from there I got new soil and a nice pot and planted the rooted pieces. I've had this plant since this summer and it's doing awesome. I'm pretty proud of myself.
Love is not something that you just pick up. Like a plant it needs to be planted in the right soil and grown with the right ingredients. Some plants, like some people, are in need of certain soil and sun conditions to grow properly, but it's not impossible. If you want love don't steal it from others who already have it, grow your own! Make your life ready for it to be planted! If you have the right kind of soil (or heart) you can plant a seed and with time and effort you can grow love.
Love is maintained by the one Who created it. The One who IS love. And that is God. He can show you how to become ready for it, and how to maintain it.
So my point is this; you can have green grass. You just have to water your own lawn!
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