Too much watering

I was recently visiting a classroom where students were able to do some different roles to help. One of the roles in the room was to water the plant. However, this particular day the teacher shared that she did not want anyone to water the plant as it was starting to overgrow and had more than enough water the past few days. (I mean, the plant looked like it was about to wrap itself around the leg of the stool it sat upon.) The students in the classroom had clearly done their job well, but perhaps with too much excess. 

We all need watering in our lives in order to grow, but perhaps there are some things we can do in excess that can be too much and cause us to "overgrow." With any virtue or good thing it is incredibly possible to fall into excess or deficiency. Perhaps we are spending too much time watering our fitness to keep healthy and lose sight of taking care of the chores around the house. Maybe we are overly cautious about saying x number of prayers every day and lose sight of simply being present with Christ in relationship with Him. Or maybe, we are spending too much time serving others and not enough time in quiet prayer with Christ nourishing ourselves. 

All things need balance with the help of God's loving graces and mercy. Too much of anything - even good - can turn into something not healthy or not good for us. 

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Lord, help us to be well balanced so that we are able to grow well and not do harm to ourselves or others. When we have overgrown, bring us back to that place we need to be and the graces we need to be balanced again. 

Amen.

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Simply a little pencil in God's hand,

Elizabeth