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.
(Go)
‘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…
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.
ReplyDeleteThank you LeeAnn! It's a struggle but I know, I know, that God is faithful :)
Deleteizzie, i love your post:) thanks for stopping by my blog. i hope to read more of you soon:)
ReplyDeleteThank you Martha - Welcome!
DeleteThank 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.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing :)
Yes - so true. I have been working hard today looking for the sunshine. Thanks for stopping by :)
DeleteStopping by from fmf- praying for strength today and for the Sunshine to peek out from behind the clouds.:)
ReplyDeleteThank you. I'm learning to look for and be the sunshine. God is faithful, yes?
DeleteOh, 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.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your encouragement. Blessings :)
DeleteWise words my friend. So uniquely written. I really enjoyed this!
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