I am a Hardy Weed

There are many things that I am.

There are many things that I am not.

To clear my mind I stepped outside to the garden

I knelt down into the dirt

& a slight breeze....softer than a feather blew across me

They quickly fall away - mark 4:17

 

Just a moment before everything was perfect

 



All it took was a slight breeze, a tug at the heart, a whisper, a suggestion and it was scattered

 

I became a bit frantic. 

 

Not because I had to chase after a seed packet.  Because one word lept from all the packages

ANNUAL.

 

 ANNUAL:  A plant that completes its entire life cycle in a single growing season

 

Is that what I am?  ANNUAL.  Do I start and stop in a single season?

 

Searching my garden was like digging deep into my soul.  I was frightened at what I might find. 

 

But there in the distance I saw a hint of green.  A reminder I have been here before.  A reminder I am coming back again.

 

rooted and established - Ephesians 3:17

 



There are many things that I am not. 

 

But, There are many things that I am.

 

I am a wife of a Pastor.   I am a wife.  I am a mother, sister, daughter.  I am a friend.

 

There are a lot of expectations I plant in myself.

 

There are a lot of expectations planted on me. Sometimes only known after I have done something really great ....or........really bad.

 

At moments I desire to be an Annual.  Shinning my showy, bright colors and disappearing at the first frost before the cold of winter even hints at staying.

 

But I am not.

 

I am a Perennial.

 

And my guess is, most people would not know that about me.

 

I am hardy. I bloom through the seasons. I am exposed to full Sun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

First and foremost. 

 

I am firmly rooted in Christ. 

 

Secondly I am deeply rooted where God has placed me.   Leaving would be like digging half of a flower up in the scorching heat of summer.  Part of the plant stays and all of the plant is in shock because a part is gone and part remains.

 

I may not be the exact flower you were hoping for. 

 

But I find it a little amusing that one of my favorite perennials is actually a weed :)

 

 

 

 

I am  Hardy.  I am a Perennial.  I am rooted.

 

I am a Butterfly weed.

 

Just a weed to some.

 

Life to a Butterfly.

 

(The next day.  After chasing down several packets of annuals.....  I decided it was best to purchase and plant several more Perennials instead! )

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