HOPE AND THE BAMBOO SEED

To understand God strengthens hope, enthrones faith in Truth, and verifies Jesus' word: "Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world."—MARY BAKER EDDY, SCIENCE AND HEALTH WITH KEY TO THE SCRIPTURES, P. 446

With the coming of spring, many of us plant seeds in the expectation that they will grow to fruition. It's commonly known that seeds take different amounts of time to break through the soil with their first shoots. Some germinate and appear quickly. But did you know that a bamboo seed spends five years underground before shoots emerge? Then, in six weeks, these shoots can grow up to 90 feet!

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