Elephant Ears and Why

Elephant Ears...I remember my grandmother digging those things up and giving them away to her friends and family. She had planted a few many years ago and they took her yard over. She loved them for several reasons. They grew back each year, more healthy, beautiful and abundant than the year before. It was free to hand off extras to family and friends and it wouldn't kill her own plants out, and they were a gorgeous color of green that brightened up the yard.

I had the chance to buy some at Atwoods the other day. They were fairly cheap at just $0.99 so I got 5 bulbs. We planted them this evening and I will wait, probably impatiently, for them to peak their pretty tips out of the earth and up into beautiful, green vegetation.

We have a small deck where we enter and exit the house. I put them on the outer edge of the deck so that they will have plenty of room to grow. I remember grandmothers being in a place that got very little sunlight so I am hoping these will work as well for me as they did for granny.

I find it amazing that these palm sized bulbs will grow, wherever planted, with fervor and joy. They care not about what is going on around them. They don't worry about if it is sunny, shady, rainy, or cloudy. They only need soil and some water. The other elements aren't nearly as important as the direct needs. Although sun is desirable it isn't necessary. 

Next spring there will be more than 5 bulbs in the earth. I will be able to dig some of those bulbs up and plant them near the back of the house and out towards the pond where I like to set and watch the animals. I will be able to share them with friends who can enjoy them.

I wonder what would happen if we never complained about the surroundings but always went ahead and did what we are suppose to do. I wonder how much better life would be if  I was less busy questioning why God allowed me to be there and more busy asking Him what He wanted me to do while I was in the particular situation.

I often get irritated with my kids for wanting to know "Why" about everything yet I turn around and do the same thing to the Heavenly Father. It is as if I am still a small child when it comes to obedience to God and yet I correct my own children for the same behavior I display towards the Lord. This is one of those things I seriously need to be praying about and working on.