macadamia

sometimes with a seed
to let the life out
one must crack the shell



the macadamia nut is one of the hardest nuts to crack. small and compact, keeping itself wrapped up within. And yet, when it grows, a small fragile and tender shoot is put forth, cracking its hard exterior. Calmy and gently, without qualm, the nut cracks, and allows forth itself.
And who causes all things to grow? 1 Corinthians 3:7, 'so neither he who plants or he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things Grow.' It is our Father in heaven.
Are not people like nuts. Us: we cannot grow unless we are willing to crack forth through our shell. Others: we cannot crack them open, but they must crack open themselves through the power of God.