Almost 2 weeks

I've been watching my avocado pit and replenishing its water every day. I'm amazed at how quickly the water level goes down. Of course, it has been really dry lately.

Two weeks in, I think of what I've heard about seeds. I think that it is a fact of the way nature works (or rather how God has orchestrated it) that the seed falls to the ground, and in the process of dying and of decay, new growth begins. I think there are nutrients and such that come from the breakdown of the seed that give sustenance to a new plant. I'm not a Avocado Scientist, so it's a layman's opinion.

I've certainly seen that in this pit. I guess there was a little bit of doubt in my mind if this would really work. It was a little bit of faith to stick my Starbucks' stirs into it and plop it in water. I've watched it for two weeks, and I guess it could go either way. It could sit there and soak up water and rot and never have a shoot. Or it will surprise me soon with some evidence that it's alive.

It has some strange oozing in some cracks on the side, and the top is completely dried out. Yesterday I noticed it has some fuzzy mold on the side. So I'm a little skeptical about its potential, but I will wait. There's no sprout at the top yet, although there is a little dark spot there. I've picked it up a few times, and no roots.

I'm all set to seize the symbolism of the old part dying away and the new life beginning. You know, death to our sinful nature and new life in Christ. Hopefully that is the way this works out and my faith comes to fruition, or else this blog will be really, really short.

I did not take a picture this week, since it looks exactly the same as last week, except for the fuzz.