“Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every hindrance and the sin that so easily ensnares us.” —Hebrews 12:1a (CSB)

When it comes to growing plants, my thumbs are brown instead of green — literally and figuratively. But some blessed saint designed self-watering pots so I could become a “plant mom” too! 

Still, one day I noticed the leaves on my money tree turning yellow and falling off. I was perplexed. Like any resourceful woman, I went to Google, and my research pointed me to the twist tie holding the braided trunk together. The tree had grown so much the once-necessary tie was now choking it.