Text and art by I. Lilias
Trotter
"He
Himself" - the Master Husbandman -
"knew what He would do" in the
repression cutting down, cutting back the new
growth, "that it may bring forth more
fruit"...
There should be
neither undergrowth, nor overgrowth, but
balanced growth. Spiritual equilibrium alone
will bring forth much fruit both in us and in
others. We were created for more than our own
spiritual development; reproduction, not mere
development, is the goal to mature -
reproduction in other lives.
There is a tendency
in some characters, running parallel to the
high cultivation that spends its whole energy
on production of bloom at the expense of
seed. The flowers that are bent on perfecting
themselves, by becoming double, end in
barrenness, and a like barrenness comes to
the soul whose interests are all concentrated
upon its own spiritual well-being, heedless
of the needs around. The true, ideal flower,
is the one that uses its gifts as means to an
end; the brightness and sweetness are not for
its own glory; they are but to attract the
bees and butterflies that will fertilise and
make it fruitful.
And His "thou
shalt know hereafter" carries us on till
the day that is nearing, when His sequel
shall be seen... so till then He shall have
our trust, unquestioning, illimitable. For He
is worthy.
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