Lucy, the papaya tree

Lucy the papaya tree

I would say this papaya tree would be rather special in my eyes compared to other papaya trees. Our church members gave her a name, Lucy. I’m not sure why they named it Lucy. I would say Lucy has gone through many difficulties in surviving from the rough conditions due to her small size; hot weather, dry, hard and sandy ground, and struggled to obtain food due to many plants around her. My friend has a special desire to plant a papaya tree in front of the Ministry House. He dug Lucy out of the ground and placed her into in front of the ministry ground. The ground is not that fertile either, it contains mostly sand and full of grass growing on it. Each and everyone of us told my friend that it would not survived for long and the maximum life spend of hers would be two weeks due to damaged roots and harsh conditions. However, this friend of mine continued to believe that Lucy will continue to grow healthily just like other papaya trees. She looked withered. dry and a little dead in the beginning, but my friend took good care of her faithfully by watering her. One day hot afternoon, friend of mine went to water her before our lunch. I began my conversation by asking him “How often do you do gardening?” He did not reply me because he thought I’m asking a sarcastic or to make fun of him. I told him that plants will die when you water them during hot day because the cells would be “cooked/boiled” causing them to die. Up till today, Lucy survived and shoots start to spring out from her though she is small.

                Let’s reminiscence the story above a while, does this story similar to all our happenings in our daily lives? A mindset where initial judgment is set right before our eyes; deceived by what we saw, heard, learnt and believed. We feel hopeless and impossible in every situation that we face because we did not include the grace and mercy of God. We should never under estimate the supremacy and the majesty of our God, the creator of everything. We should believe that through Christ where by His grace and mercy we are able to do everything!