Resilience
1:the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc., after being bent, compressed, or stretched
2: the ability to recover readily from illness, depression, adversity, or the like
Pansies are resilient little flowers. They bloom better in cooler weather; heat causes the bloom to get smaller, or disappear altogether. And the variety of color combinations! They are a gardener’s dream flower.
But, did you know that pansies have a built-in “anti-freeze”? They can be cold, laying flat on the ground, looking past dead. Then the sun warms them up, and they stand up all perky again.
Well, that is how we need to be when the enemy causes a spiritual freeze to come upon us. We might look like we have died out to the elements, but when the Son comes up, and we warm up to him, we will find that we are as resilient as the pansy.
After reading the pertinent information about the pansy below, we understand how the pansy operates during cold weather. You see, we need to learn to “let the moisture escape” when we feel HaSatan blowing a cold draft our way. The enemy will try to catch us unaware, so that the spiritual coldness that comes will cause us the rupture on the inside.
The cold can come by way of a hateful remark, acting out of haste or anger, or any number of other circumstances. Just remember, let the moisture out, then lift your face to the Son. Just like to pansies do.
Pansies protect themselves by allowing moisture to escape their leaves as temperatures fall. Other plants cannot do this, so when the temperature goes below freezing the water in their cells freezes and ruptures the cell walls. That’s what happens when you leave a houseplant on the patio during a freeze. Dry cells, though, can’t rupture. They just go limp. It is normal to see pansy leaves completely wilted at dawn but green and perky by noon. That’s why it is important to keep the soil in pansy beds moist after a freeze…. so their roots can rehydrate the leaves.
