05/29/2026
🌱 Nighttime Thoughts
While brushing sunflower seed hulls off a tray tonight, which is one of those tedious daily grower tasks, I found something beautiful.
A completely white sunflower seedling.
When I first started growing microgreens, I cannot count how many times I tried to separate these out and keep them growing.
They were so different. So striking. So beautiful.
But without chlorophyll, that seedling cannot continue to grow and live the way the others can.
Tonight, instead of trying to save it, I just stopped and looked at it.
It reminded me of a truth I sometimes forget:
I grow in a controlled environment. I manage the lights, the temperature, the airflow, the water, the soil, and the timing.
But I do not create life.
I can plant the seeds & care for what has been planted. I can do my best to provide the right conditions. But I am still working within God’s creation, not above it.
There have been times in life when I tried to force something simply because it looked beautiful, promising, or different. I wanted it to grow so badly that I ignored what was already being shown to me.
Sometimes faithfulness means nurturing what God has given us.
And sometimes wisdom means accepting that not everything we want to preserve was meant to continue.
Tonight, this little white seedling was a quiet reminder:
I can plant.
I can water.
But only God gives the growth.
“I planted the seed, Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow.”
1 Corinthians 3:6
