Into Bloom

Today was rough.  Part of it was of my choosing....like, how tired and sore I was from how late I stayed up jamming last night at the concert....or, that we are super busy this week leading up to opening night of Oz, The Musical this weekend.  But, there was a big POW that hit our family today as well.  Some friends are going through some really tough times and their kids and our kids are all friends, so our kids are carrying some burden for what they are experiencing.  I guess my need in all of this is prayer... I never want us to be TOO BUSY to pray about these things and I want to be incredibly sensitive to use my time with the girls wisely and be intentional in prayer.  I don't want youth group fundraisers or play practice to ever seem more important than the people in our lives who we are called to love and support.  Though I talked to the girls and comforted them, I think I let it seem that way tonight by not taking time to pray with the girls right away when they expressed their concern to me.  I plan to remedy that tomorrow despite our busy schedule.

I had a tiny bit of time to myself and I decided to work on clearing out the dead plants and old leaves from a flower bed to get it ready for Spring.  I worked my way across the dirt, pulling out some weeds and I encountered one bright yellow flower in full boom under a pile of dead leaves.  It was pretty inspiring in light of today's news.

It reminded me that even though something looks dead to me, GOD is the one who breathes life into things.  I need to teach my kids to believe in miracles....to pray for things that seem impossible and to depend on a GOD of LIFE!