043 Agree to Be Buried
Hey Seed, so often, before you are allowed to be seen, you have to agree to be buried.
How did you make your peace with the dark?
How did you make your peace with the dark?
A farmer presses a seed into the soil and covers it. It disappears.
For days, nothing. Then a pale shoot breaks the surface.
What really happens
Many seeds need to be buried before they will sprout. In the dark, damp soil, they take in water, swell and split, and send a root down and a shoot up.
Not all seeds work this way; some need light. But for many, the dark is where life begins.
How we know: Seed germination is basic plant science; farm extension services describe sowing depth for each crop.
The turn
Some seasons of life feel like being buried: no one sees you, nothing seems to happen.
For a seed, that is exactly when the most important work is being done.
Three takeaways
- Hidden seasons can be growing seasons.
- Roots grow before shoots.
- Being unseen is not being finished.
Buried is not the end. It is the beginning.
I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.