It is another reminder. While outside, I noticed a couple flower containers I have not yet emptied. What was once in full bloom...is withered. What was once vibrant is now bare. As temperatures slightly rise in the next day or two, I will finish the job of pulling the dead remnants.
How wonderful to know, though, that this is not the end. Spring will eventually arrive. New soil will be placed in the containers and new plants will take root once again. I am already planning color themes and new ideas. Beauty and new life will return!
Winter season is a wonderful time to reflect on what must be removed to allow room for new life. Growth is strongly affected by removing what no longer thrives. This applies to plants...and definitely to our journeys. Sometimes I must simply close one chapter in order for God to continue writing a new one in my life story.
I thank God for the hope of new life, new hope, new beginnings and most of all, His steadfast love and faithfulness. Sometimes our journeys include removal of what is done. Other times, our journeys reveal fresh starts never anticipated. Yet through each season, one truth remains. God is with us...always...holding us, helping us, healing us and loving us. What a joy to know whatever today brings, He is already there!♥~thl
"The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever." Isaiah 40: 8
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