I really like that word- something delicate and soft. In this particular case, the tendril of a growing pea plant. My peas are growing!! I love how everything about the garden and growth points to God and was used in many of the parables Jesus shared.
Peas can either be bush peas or vine peas. Bush pea plants grow, yes you guessed it, like a bush. Vine pea plants need something to grow on. My peas turned out to be vine peas. I was a little slow getting a growing surface to them and they started growing along the ground towards one another. They were just creeping along sideways until they found something they could grow along. Unfortunately, they found each other instead of a growing surface, and their delicate little tendrils, started wrapping around one another.
I strung some chicken wire across and separated them from each other, starting to help weave them up the wire so they could grow upwards.
I feel like these little pea plants reflect my heart- just sticking little tendrils out looking for something firm and steady to grow upon. I have been reaching out to other things- be it peplum things, performance, etc, but my tendrils strangle and suffocate those things because they were not meant to support me leaving me on the ground. And in all that I have held them back from growing.
What I am really looking for is a strong, reliable support. This is a beautiful reminder for me to stop reaching out for people and things, fellow pea plants, to be my support and allow myself to be redirected to the strong support and foundation that God is for us all.
