Beauty blooms in hard places…
Life’s messes
Create barricades that can suffocate the hope
Right out of us.
If we let it.
Stuck.
We can’t seem to find any color in the depths of grey.
But.
If we search long enough
And open our eyes to see…
It’s there waiting in all its glory.
Re-trace back through your path
Of your life’s journey
Through the hard places…
Dig deep through the rocks.
Do you see it?
In all its splendor?
Beauty blooms in new found:
Strength
Wisdom
Grace
Faith
Healing
Love
Growth
Transformation
Reflect and reclaim its goodness.
Embrace the color that it carries.
There is and will always be beauty blooming
In the hard places.
You just have to look for it.
Love.
I know you see your beauty… right? LOVE. YOU.
How I needed this poem and message today and it is like you just know when your beautiful words of inspiration are needed. Huge thank you for this and so much more. Hugs again today and love you xoxo 🙂
Oh Janine!!! I LOVE that this spoke to your precious heart!!!! What a beautiful blessing it is to know that my words connect with someone I adore so much… I will be praying for you- and hoping that in whatever hard place you are in, you see the beauty blooming sweet friend. XOXOXO
This is lovely. You’re awesome <3 <3 <3 <3
Thanks lovely… you’re pretty awesome too. I see the beauty blooming all around you, sweet Tigger. I do. I really do…
A good poem at a good time to get it!
Oh Sarah… I’m SO glad to hear that my friend!! Look for the beauty, it’s THERE. XOXO
I see that beauty. It is absolutely there when you look for it.
Oh girl- you have beauty blooming EVERYWHERE!!!! And I love love love that you can see it all… XOXO
Just perfectly lovely, Chris.
Thank you so much sweet friend. XOXO
Amen. The beauty really is always there, just waiting for us to discover and embrace it. Thank you for your beautiful words and the lovely reminder to have hope through the storm.
I think it’s so empowering and encouraging to realize God’s Promise that He will provide. I am always challenging myself to take those faithful steps in actively looking for His Purpose in the storms! I think when we open our hearts to see it- the beauty is there in all it’s glory. 🙂 It may not look pretty at the time… but God’s Hands will sculpt it to bloom in time.
What a beautiful poem at the end of a long stressful day – thank you!!!
Oh Kim! I pray you are hanging in there, my friend!! I know you have had such a crazy week… and I’m so SO glad you didn’t go to Illinois! Bless your heart for such great intentions. There will ALWAYS be another opportunity. Take care of your sweet self. XOXO
I agree, and even now during a not great time, I can see it. So that’s a start.
I always say I have more tools than I had years ago when I’d get anxious. Now I have blogging. And a business. And two kids. And pets. And you guys.
AMEN to that Tamara!! Look at how far you’ve come, and the growing never really stops. I see your beauty blooming- you are so beautiful. XOXO
I never could write poetry, this is so beautiful. I have seen the hand of God through the dark times, hope truly does bloom in the wilderness! Blessings.
Oh thank you so much Nannette! There is so much promise in every fall. I always tell people to look back and find hope in His Record… Reflecting on the beauty that bloomed in past circumstances, this always gives me strength to endure another challenge. There is purpose in everything.
Beautiful & so true! Character is formed in those hard places, though it’s so difficult to appreciate when in the middle of it.
I hear ya Joey… when we are in the trenches of despair, it’s too grey to find any color. But I am working tirelessly on intentionally taking faithful steps to dig through in the muck to find it. There’s so much hope and strength in that very act especially when we are ‘in it’.
Yes!! And if we’re super lucky, we find it without looking!
AMEN to THAT Alexa!!!
Hmm, yes…very true. So very difficult to see all of that in the throes of those challenges, in front of those barricades…I know this all too well right now. But this is one more good thing for me to read this week. I can’t believe how many posts I’ve read in the last few days that were EXACTLY what I need to see/hear right now. Tough week. XO
Oh Lisa… I will be praying for your hard place…and it seems that you were meant to be reading the things you have soaked in this week. Look for the beauty, my friend. It will come.
So beautiful! Thank you for the reminder that the beauty is there, but sometimes, we just need to look for it. I love that.
Thanks love. It’s so true though, right? I know you are actively finding it over in your world, my friend!! 🙂
This is beautiful, perfect, and exactly what I needed to read today. Thank you for sharing.
Wishing you a blessed day.
xoxo
Oh Jennifer… I’m so so glad it blessed you!!! Peace, my friend. Look for the beauty… XO
“no colour in the depths of grey”
I need this as a tattoo.
Oooooh… lets go get them together!! 😀 *Wouldn’t that be wonderful*