Hey there sweet soul, looking wistfully out the window of what feels like a rainy day in your life. There are days it may feel like you are confined in a small space with no hope of moving out of it. You may see others playing in the sunshine and dancing in the rain and wonder what you did wrong to feel so…stuck.

 
But take heart, friend. The small space you’re in may be the Gardener’s way of giving you special care and cultivation.  You may see this time as wasted, as being forgotten or left with the weeds, but you cannot see what He sees. You cannot see the plans He has, the hopes and dreams that you have let go of that He has not, and you cannot know the excitement He feels about your story. You do have a story, did you know that? One that is still being written, still developing roots.
 
Growth IS happening even when you cannot see it and it only feels like you are stuck in a messy, lonely place. But the Gardener – He is near! Just when you feel you cannot wait any longer, He will send words to encourage you, hope to sustain you, a friend to grow alongside you, His word to strengthen you. And one day soon, when you least expect it, in a whirlwind of being plucked by His hands you’ll find yourself transplanted into a beautiful, wide, open-spaced garden.
 
The sun won’t scorch you, the winds won’t break you, and you’ll drink deeply of fresh rain without drowning. You’ll look back and see that He knew all along what He was doing, keeping you in that little pot of love that felt so small. You’ll be grateful, because now that the blooms are beginning to peek through, you have the strength to hold them high.
 
And the Gardener will stop, look lovingly and smile because He knew all along that the beauty was there — even if you couldn’t see it. So, don’t lose hope! God’s plan is not delayed. This is only a season, and your time to bloom is coming
 
For still the vision awaits its appointed time; it hastens to the end—it will not lie. If it seems slow, wait for it; it will surely come; it will not delay. {Habakkuk 2:3} {Ecclesiastes 3:1-2}
 

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