Abundance Comes From Living On Purpose

Monday, August 18, 2008

Beans, Babies, and Abundance

Have you ever considered what a long shot you are? Considering the abundance of ova and sperm produced by your parents, especially the millions of sperm produced by your father, what a miracle that you turned out to be you. Don't you feel annointed already? I sure do and am grateful that I was picked for the team. It is exciting to have this chance to make my mark on the world. It's an awesome responsibility.

Part of the awesomeness of this reponsibility concerns how I choose to spend my time on this earth. Thanks to my decision to take control of my time instead of selling it to an employer, I was blessed to be able to spend 2 1/2 weeks at my daughter's this past July. One of the reasons I was there was to assist her in caring for her newborn daughter and 3 1/2 year-old son. These offspring of mine are very precious and hold a lot of promise for the future of the human race.

So now for the green beans! Our daughter is very conscious of the food she and her family consume. As a result, they have begun growing some of their own food using the Square Foot Garden technique. When I first visited her, I noticed there were no green beans in her garden. Green beans are very abundant in our country and quite nutritious. For some reason, I was unable to find green bean seeds in the local garden stores in Palm Bay. Fortunately, my late father was an avid gardener. He bought seeds by the pound and stored them in a freezer. Sure enough, I found his store of seeds still in the freezer in my mother's garage.

Since my father died in 2003, a person of little faith would say these seeds are too old to germinate. In other words, their potential to grow and produce would be a long shot. If there is one spiritual gift I possess in abundance, it is faith. So I took the seeds back to Florida and planted them in my daughter's garden. By the end of the week, 26 of the 27 seeds I planted germinated! This would never have happened had I doubted their potential and left them in the jar.

In summary, we are all miracles with a special part to play in life. We are only limited by our imaginations and the faith to act on our ideas. Playing it "safe" shows a lack of faith. God had the vision to plant me here at this time through a miraculous series of events. As a result, I am determined to live each day in awareness of my unique potential. Being blessed to live in an abundant world, I have the responsibility to grow and produce every day. If an old, frozen bean seed can come to life and bear fruit, surely we can do so much more.

To Your Abundance,
Sandra Hayes
prosperitytoday@bellsouth.net