Flowers Bloom

Tonight I attended a Grade 12 Grad Banquet. It was one of those "moments" when you see lives flash before you like on a movie screen. Every one of the girls that graduated I had held in my arms in the church nursery, nurturing and helping them make their first break from their dearly beloved parents.

I've watched them grow into wonderful young ladies...some hitting some pretty large bumps in the road of life and yet overcoming and pressing through. Tears came to my eyes as I remember those moments we've stood by them as they've allowed correction, love, and care to be applied to their lives. They will be ok. You see as a person older, I see their incredible potential. I can't tell them always "what" they can do but I know they have incredible talents.

I realize God sees us like that...each one of us. He has given us talents & abilities but it is up to us to discover Him and give him the liberty to work in and through us. As we seek Him, we find Him. As we give Him all the pieces of our lives as sometimes there are pieces because of circumstances beyond our control, He'll use them to design the incredible, precious person He wants. He wants to carry us Home, to help us make it. He is not the only one cheering us on but there are incredible friends and very special mentors he places alongside of us to help us.

As I saw these precious young ladies tonight, I thought what a blessing they have been in my life. They hang out at my house from time to time ... to play games, sometimes eat, sometimes to watch a movie and maybe sometimes to see my boys. It's all okay. They are speaking into my life even as they "blossom". Flowers are beautiful.

Congratulations to all my special friends.