Bloom Where You Find Yourself

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John 11:25 "Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live."

A few weeks ago I spotted a Gerber Daisy plant growing between our sidewalk and the ally. It was not in the spot where I had planted it. Yet, there it was blooming, its golden petals and dark brown center lifted up towards the heavens as a testament to what God can do with something even after it has been uprooted and tossed to the side. I realized that sometime in late summer, I thought the plant was dead. It had stopped blooming and its leaves were all dry and shriveled up. So as I do with dead plants, I pulled it up and gave it toss towards the ally. Evidently, it never made it to the hard surface of the alley but ended up in a very small grassy area.

When I saw that flower just blooming its little heart out- I thought: "Wow! What a life lesson to be learned here! This daisy bloomed where it was tossed away!  Proof that what God considers dead and what we consider dead are two very different things. What He wants resurrected He WILL bring back to life: a lesson to be learned. Even when we feel that something in our lives has died and has been tossed away-- God can bring it back to life.Never count anything as dead or over until God says it is dead. Even when our lives seems to be uprooted and tossed aside, it doesn't mean it's the end. God has a plan and purpose for each and every one of us. And to others around us, they may think we are all washed up, we're done, we're through-- we can't be productive or useful anymore. But God has other ideas.


If you feel like your life has been uprooted and tossed aside, don't lose faith or hope. Our hope is anchored in Jesus Christ and He sees the beginning from the end. We just have to have faith to believe that we can bloom again. Just like that flower. I never thought I would see it again and how wrong I was!


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