Facts about Bamboo
*Chinese bamboo has to be watered and fertilized every day. It doesn't break through the ground for five years.
*After five years it can grow 90' in five weeks.
*After ten years it withers and dies. Its remnants provide extra nutrients to the younger trees in the colony.
*A grove of bamboo releases 35% more oxygen than an equivalent stand of trees.
It takes five years to water it
It takes five years to fertilize
It takes five years of nothing
Before the bamboo will rise
If you neglect to water it
If you neglect to fertilize
The seed that is underground
Of that hidden bamboo dies
Through five years of no fruit
It seems like a total waste
But the roots grow in darkness
The planter can't give up in haste
It shoots out of the soil
It grows quickly to the top
Once the bamboo breaks through
It is impossible to stop
It can grow three feet in one day
Ninety feet in five weeks
Bamboo cannot be hindered
It can break through concrete
It tolerates extreme conditions
When other plants will not last
It grew in Hiroshima first
After that atomic blast
Bamboo is like the Christian walk
When there appears to be no fruit
But underground in the darkness
God is developing our roots
When we remain in His Word
When we spend time in prayer
Something is happening unseen
Though we may not be aware
One day God will move in the earth
It will shoot up to the top
Like bamboo, God's awakening
It will be impossible to stop
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