Blooms After The Wait

Year 6 - Day 232: Today, I am grateful for the blooms that come after the waiting.

Fresh flowers are abundant right now. The summer is nearly spent... or at least that is what the calendar says. Are you drawn to flowers, too. 

"Perhaps the reason you are dawn to flowers is not only for their outer beauty, but because they remind you that beautiful thing swill bloom after seasons of waiting." -Morgan Harper Nichols

The best garders have flowers that bloom at different times to keep their garden "in bloom" from spring's first buds to summer's last kiss of color. They are the ones who keep watering and nurturing when others grow weary or bored with the battle against the heat, critters and other threats to the flower that has not yet bloomed.I admire these gardeners. I am not one of them. 

Patience and persistence are a part of gardening. Some find it soul food and relaxing. I appreciate the work of their hands. I savor every bouquet that ends up on the table. Fresh flowers lift our spirits. When we purchase them at the height of their glory, we forget that they endured the waiting season. 

When Jesus spoke it was always interesting. Sometimes he told stories to make his point or used things in nature to drive his point home. Look at this verse: 

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin,yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass, which is alive in the field today, and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith! -Luke 12:27-28

It is a verse to remind us not to worry or fret. It reminds us to look at the flowers and see His hand. It reminds us to trust God's timing and his ways. It challenges us to trust his heart. Yes... I love this verse for it's poetic beauty and for the way it points to a God who cares about the tiniest details in our lives. He is good. Even when none of it makes sense from Earth's vantage point... He is still good.

The flowers trust Him. So can we. 

Today, I am grateful for the blooms that come after the waiting.