Getting through the winds of life..

I was walking outside on this beautiful spring day. I turned the corner of my house and there were the lilacs in full bloom. God's creations are so incredibly beautiful it is almost too much to fully take in. It was amazing to see that all the blossoms had survived the VERY harsh weather we have recently had to deal with. It got me thinking, what has this lilac had to endure??

We had three lilac bushes for as long as I can remember. My whole life quite possibly. They have been through late freezes, hot dry summers, crazy females who make drown it one day then forget to water it for a while and so much more. This is the one love survivor of the three. It survived the demolition of our old trailer and the placing of the new home. Through all the difficulties we have gone through in our family and life through the years this one plant was the constant. It never changed. Of course through the seasons it did but every spring there were the dependable blossoms. Colorful, vibrant and the hope that beauty comes again. Life is hard and there are the frozen months where we feel there is no beauty anymore, no more life. But then out of the cold brings the hopeful spring. In our lives we experience all the changing seasons sometimes it feels more like the cold winter but there is hope on the horizon. There will always be a spring!

We can get through the rough times in life, the cold, the winds that shake us of our feet. When it all goes away and is calmed there is the dependable spring. God telling us that there is beauty from pain and suffering  There are good things that come out of the hard times. Life might be hard but it is only going to get better. God makes sure of that. He is the dependable spring, the beautiful blooms. The hope that there is still life.

The winds rough us up but the realization is that when we stand we are so much stronger...

These thoughts made me think of pretty awesome song by Steven Curtis Chapman

"Beauty Will Rise - Steven Curtis Chapman  

It was the day the world went wrong

I screamed til my voice was goneAnd watched through the tears as everythingCame crashing down
Slowly panic turns to painAs we awake to what remainsAnd sift through the ashesThat are left behind
But buried deep beneathAll our broken dreams we have this hope

Out of these ashes beauty will rise And we will dance among the ruins We will see it with our own eyes Out of these ashes beauty will rise For we know joy is coming in the morning In the morning, beauty will rise

So take another breath for nowAnd let the tears come washing downAnd if you can't believe, I will believe for you
Cause I have seen the signs of springJust watch and see

Out of these ashes beauty will riseAnd we will dance among the ruinsWe will see it with our own eyesOut of these ashes beauty will rise

For we know joy is coming in the morningIn the morning
I can hear it in the distanceAnd it's not too far awayIt's the music and the laughterOf a wedding and a feastI can almost feel the hand of GodReaching for my face to wipe the tears awayYou say it's time to make everything new

Make it all new
This is our hopeThis is a promiseThis is our hopeThis is a promise
It will take our breath awayTo see the beauty that's been madeOut of the ashes, out of the ashes
It will take our breath awayTo see the beauty that He's madeOut of the ashes, out of the ashes
Out of these ashes

Beauty will riseAnd we will dance among the ruinsWe will see it with our own eyesOut of this darknessNew light will shineAnd we'll know the joy that's coming in the morningIn the morningBeauty will rise

Oh, beauty will riseOh, oh, oh, beauty will riseOh, oh, oh, beauty will riseOh, oh, oh, beauty will rise 

Do you feel you are stuck in the frozen tundra in life? Take hope with you.

 "In everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven" Ecc 3:1 

This season of hardship will end and spring a season of hope and happiness. God is in control he knows what he is doing..

Have faith. Trust God. Believe. Hope