Excerpt from a personal post ๐ Thank you all for your patience as we welcome the newest member of our little family๐
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2020 the Year of the Poppies
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โ... You may not know this about me, but I love gardening, especially flower gardens. I'm no good at it, and again my good intentions out do any action on my part, leaving an often neglected and overgrown sight, however, I still love it and love learning, reading, and experimenting with different blooms. One of my favorite flowers is a poppy. I think there is so much to be said about and learned from these flowers. From the alien-like tubers you plant, to the fury foliage it produces, one would NEVER think that something so weed-like could ever produce such a gorgeous sight... And then... It does. Is that not life? Is that not 2020? This year has been hard for everyone, especially for some that I love the most, and yet despite everything, there has been beauty.
I truly believe that some of lifeโs most beautiful moments are produced after the hard or ugly. Is that not the Gospel and Hope found in Christ? Through His Grace the hard and ugly things we go through can actually be the source of something really beautiful, something better than we could have imagined, even a better version of ourself? 2020 has been hard, itโs still hard. But because of that hardness Iโve seen growth and light and beauty that I never would have expected. From repaired and renewed relationships, to a new focus on family and whatโs really important, to things working out when they shouldnโt, to a beautiful new addition to our family... The increase is through Him. I think for me 2020 will always be the year of the poppies. ...
