The Burgeon!

What in the world does burgeon mean?

It sounds like a medieval torture device...

I was at a conference on Saturday that meant so much to me and today, I was going back through my journal from that and letting God speak to my heart. Showing me his heart, his word to me today.

I found a verse from my notes that is my verse for the day: 2 Cor 5:17

Therefore if anyone is Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! (NIV)

I looked it up in the message version, and it says the new is BURGEONing...I'm not gonna lie, I had to look it up... My computer was dead and I don't think I've seen a real dictionary in years, so I busted out my phone and googled it! It means to flourish, like a plant... in google terms: t0 grow or expand; To swell to the point of bursting; Of plants, to bloom, bud... don't take that to your school book report though (thanks wikipedia) =0)

Have you ever had things in your life feel like, nothing is changing? You push and try and try, but you just can't make it grow. Maybe you're in school and feel like you'll never get done and out into the real world, running after your purpose and plans. Maybe you feel like your job isn't going the direction you dreamed it would, or you're searching for that perfect job. Or even still, there's that sin, that attitude, that lust, that appathy that you just can't get over...

Wherever you are today, God's word says if you are IN CHRIST, the old is gone, the new has come!

Take another look at the word burgeon... it means to bud... like a flower, those buds can take a while to form and it might look like nothing is changing, but then one day it blooms, that smell fills the air and you can finally see that change... God is working a NEW thing in you and whether it takes ages or happens in a flash, He is doing a new thing.

So next time you fall. Even if no one else stands by you (and I hope they do help you up) God says, "Get up, I am doing a new thing. I love you and see the GREAT hope and plans I have for you.