Blooming

I'm growing a sunflower. I've been watching the stalk grow for a couple of months wondering if it would bloom. I have two other plants that have been growing for 2 years that haven't bloomed, so I was wondering if this one would be the same. Yesterday, it started to bloom! The flower isn't even fully formed and I'm still just as excited as I would be if it had. I'm so excited about what it will look like and how it will smell.

It bloomed right when the Lord knew I needed it. My spiritual walk hasn't been very exciting lately. I haven't had that burning passion or excited for the Lord that I felt before. Not only that but things with the college ministry at my church are not going well and I don't have a small group that I belong to.

Looking at the growth of the plant reminded me of how I grow in my walk with Christ. I'm sure if my flower could talk it would've said yesterday, "But I don't feel like I'm growing. I'm not even fully formed. How can you be so excited about me?" I would've responded with, "Oh but you are growing! You can't see it, but slowly you are changing in the smallest ways that add up. Just because you are not fully formed doesn't mean you are not beautiful to me. I'm doing everything in my power to make sure you are going to be what I dreamed up for you to be because this is what I want for you." I know God would say the same thing in my case. He will do whatever it takes to make sure I grow to become the person He dreamed up for me to be; for me to bloom. He is going to til my soil, water me, put me in places where I can lots of sun and take care of me. He is my Gardener and I am His precious Flower. He eagerly watches me grow days, weeks, and years at a time until those parts of me make up that Woman of God that was in His mind before the foundations of the earth were laid. Gosh, what excitement God has for my growth; What plans He has for me.


I don't have to worry anymore about my growth. God is going to take care of me in ways I can't imagine. It's going to happen. I'm going to bloom because that is His plan for me.