Blooming Again

Spring arrived a few weeks back. It happened while the children were out of school. Don’t think many of them noticed. We adults took hold and embraced it whole heartily. We have been waiting for it. Who cares that it wasn’t terribly warm. There was sunshine and the temp was above freezing. The evidence of it is also in our gardens. I see the bulbs up with some already in bloom. We have seen the snow bells come and go. There are the occasional bushes developing buds that will soon turn to blooms and then to leaves. What an exciting time of year. It is the time of new beginnings. The earth, after a long sleep is starting to wake up. It’s a new start. We look at each spring with anticipation.
We say to ourselves, "It will all come together this year". Things will be great. The garden will look like it never has before. The grass will be perfect. The bushes will be strong and full. Trees will stretch further to the heavens and the flowers will bloom for what seems an eternity. But never think you do it all on your own. Wait a minute, God is involved. In fact He is the one who from the beginning of time, put nourishment in the soil, clouds in the sky, rain in the right season and an abundance of sun for which every plant reaches heavenward.
Most of us won’t just sit in a lawn chair and watch this just happen. We will be there to lend a hand. Yes, God can do it on His own but, we get in there to lend Him a feeble hand. Our lives are much like that. We have so many beautiful parts of our life. We have blooms, and strength and fullness and beginnings. But we also have what every garden has, weeds, like of Creeping Charlie. There are also natures animals causing havoc. Did you notice dry spells or too much rain with not enough sun? As you walk through the seasons of life, look for the beauty in them and notice the trying times. They are all there for a reason. Our life becomes what it becomes because of both.
A new friend I just met something interesting last week. He said he wanted to grow in the place God planted him. You see, God is the gardener and He is the one who tends. May the nourishment of God guidance help us grow as we are in the spot He placed us. While there, accept the rain as you reach up to the Son.
Something to think about Rob