November 21

And why do you worry about clothes? Consider how the lilies of the field grow: They do not labor or spin. — Matt 6:28 BSB

It’s said that a little boy was found one day by his mother standing beside a tall sunflower with his feet stuck in the ground. When she asked, “What in the world are you doing?” he innocently replied, “I’m trying to grow into a man.” His mother laughed and, patting him on the head, said, “That’s not how you grow. You won’t grow by trying. Just come inside, eat good food, and play, and you’ll grow into a man without trying so hard.”

Harry’s mother was right. Mrs. H. W. Smith once said something beautiful when asked how lilies grow: “They grow without trying.”

Our sweetest spiritual life is a life of self-forgetfulness, in which we are so united to Christ, living constantly on His life, nourished, and filled with His Spirit and presence. All the fullness of His life is imparted to us as we rest in Him.