It doesn’t make any sense. A dianthus flower should be planted in good soil, not growing in the water. All the books that I have read say that its roots will rot in too much water. However, my dianthus is doing fine.

This goes to show that we can’t believe everything the world tells us.

God sometimes plants us in places that don’t make sense or are contrary to our learned understanding of what we need in order to grow well. It’s okay. We can trust that He has a purpose no matter how unlikely the environment. If we keep our roots in the living water of His Spirit, we will flourish.

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Scriptures:

Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19

The righteous flourish like the palm tree and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. They are planted in the house of the Lord; they flourish in the courts of our God. They still bear fruit in old age; they are ever full of sap and green, Psalm 92:12-14

And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6

Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb. Revelation 22:1