This is a yucca blooming in my yard this spring. It is beautiful now and for just a short time. Then it will change. Now it is beautiful ....
As it matures and changes, the flowers will fall off and pods will form that will be full of seeds. Then it changes from being beautiful to being like candy! You see the cows absolutely love these pods full of seeds. It is extremely hard to push a cow past one of these 'sweet treats' when you are out moving them. They literally run from yucca to yucca to eat these pods when they are in this state of their growth.
Then the plant changes again.
Seeds form in the pods. They soon dry up and crack open so that new plants may form and grow. These black pods allow for new plants to grow. Though not the 'pretty' stage in the life of a yucca, they are the most useful.
Our lives are like these yucca plants. Every stage had a purpose. Every stage of life is different. God has a purpose for you with each stage of life. Some stages are definitely more beautiful and fun. Some stages seem rather 'sweet'. Some stages of life don't look too good to us.
Just a reminder that God is with you in each stage and EACH time in our lives has a purpose. We may not bear as much seed if we don't go through the hard times. Change has a purpose!
Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good for those who love Him, and are called according to His purpose."
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