FORGET-ME-NOT FLOWERS FROM GOD
The timing of God continues to surprise me. For example: this spring I planted Chinese forget-me-not seeds on my balcony-- I got green leaves, but no flowers bloomed. So with Fall on the doorstep, I think about not watering them anymore-- but I can't do it. I keep watering. Then on Monday (the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows) to my astonishment I see pink buds on one tall green stem.
On Tuesday I see MORE buds on more stems. Overnight everything has changed. Buds are blooming. The gorgeous blossoms smell like sunscreen. And yes, it's true, these plants will die, but I've learned forget-me-nots are self-seeding and should bloom again next Spring. Amazing. I think of my young friend Gabbie in heaven. I think of a kid's song I heard being taught in church (on-line) last Sunday: He's got the whole world in his hands! The grief, the love, the past, present, future and flowers too!
Next, I wonder this: If forget-me-not flowers can bloom in poor soil and poor conditions on a balcony in Scarborough, then peace can bloom in poor conditions around the whole world (because it's in his hands!) Sometimes I'm tempted to give up, to stop watering-- but we don't give up. We don't stop watering our plants, our faith and each other-- no matter the soil conditions or the state of our faith.
And next year we get some new soil, and a bigger flower pot.
Then it strikes me--
We all live in one
big holy flower pot
called planet earth.
And did I just get flowers from God
my Father who art in Heaven...?
Thank you!
Cb
