Friday, 18 July 2014

Blooming Sunshine

Join me in the Five Minute Friday Challenge hosted by Lisa-Jo Baker. Participants write for 5 minutes with no editing, no over thinking, and no backtracking. This week’s word is: Bloom.

Five Minute Friday

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Bloom where you are planted,’ they say.

But what if you don’t?

What if I watch you and all I see just makes me sad?

What if you have just shriveled instead; refusing to bloom because the flavour of the dirt here isn't quite to your taste?

They also say that it takes both sunshine and rain to make a rainbow.

My heart has been so heavy with the rain. It hangs over you when you walk in the door. Sometimes I think I will go crazy with that cloud of gloom you cling to.

Though it’s not my cloud, it still obscures the light at times. Gives me a cloud of my own to carry.

But He has been showing me that I need to lay aside the burdens I feel for you and somehow sparkle in the dark shadows. To show you something that shimmers instead of watching me battle my sad.

Because if there’s to be any blooming, you’ll need rain-

and sunshine.


(Stop)

Now, your turn…



11 comments:

  1. Oh, what beautiful words. Beauty in the storm. Redemption in the midst of the trial. Praying for you as you live this out. Thank you for sharing your heart and your words tonight.

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    1. Thank you LeeAnn! It's a struggle but I know, I know, that God is faithful :)

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  2. izzie, i love your post:) thanks for stopping by my blog. i hope to read more of you soon:)

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  3. Thank you for sharing your honest thoughts... I understand how you feel.. the struggles sometimes feel like there is no bloom or sun .. but its there, you just have to trust in God to bring it back to us.

    Thank you for sharing :)

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    1. Yes - so true. I have been working hard today looking for the sunshine. Thanks for stopping by :)

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  4. Stopping by from fmf- praying for strength today and for the Sunshine to peek out from behind the clouds.:)

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    1. Thank you. I'm learning to look for and be the sunshine. God is faithful, yes?

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  5. Oh, my, this is so stunning. Wonderful metaphors for the state of our spirits. So many clouds sometimes, yes. And sometimes instead of waiting for the sunshine, we have to make our own. Thank you for this most precious reminder.

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    1. Thanks for your encouragement. Blessings :)

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  6. Wise words my friend. So uniquely written. I really enjoyed this!

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