Master Gardener

When you look at this picture you see brown and dull colors. You see a mess actually. The mulch has been disturbed and it looks rather plain. However, if you look more closely you will notice:

Tulips!! They are just waiting for the right time to pop open with color. I am waiting too. I enjoy the four season we get where I live, but you know winter seems way too long for me. With the cold, wind, and the short days of sunlight a day seems long. So, yesterday while walking to the garage, I had to look twice at what I was seeing. While I have been busy inside and dreading the outside, they have been working hard below the surface to create a beautiful flower. They will not only give color, but much needed food to the bees who will soon be here and will spread the pollen. Got me thinking about life, you know the Nature connection for me.....Isn't that how my life can be. I can feel plain, dull and at times, like nothing is happening in my life. I go about day by day doing the "little" things, then all of a sudden, POP, it is time to spring into action. Or, sometimes, I feel like I have really messed up. Shouldn't have said what I said, should have helped instead of passing on that opportunity, and just feel like I can't do anything right. But then, God steps into the mess we have made and quietly without my realizing, just like the bulbs working underground, and He makes something wonderful out of what I thought appeared a mess. I took one more picture yesterday that seemed to remind me of Hope. Around all the sticks/stones being thrown around today, I still have Hope, just like this flower bloomed right in the middle of the sticks/stones in the flower bed.

Spring reminds me that God is always working in our lives. Even when we mess up, miss opportunities and disappoint Him. He can bring beauty out of it. We may feel like nothing is happening, but He has a plan and purpose for each one of us. We can't compare with each other and the progress they are making. We are on a separate journey. Some flowers are the first to bloom and then we have the fall flowers who bloom last. Can you imagine what it would be like if they all bloomed at once? Enjoy the journey you are on, the Master Gardener knows just when He will need you and He is preparing you for that time. Trust Him!