When all the trees are blooming with beautiful white blossoms all over my neighborhood, and pretty much everywhere else in North Carolina, the two trees in my front yard remain barren.
There's nothing like having the ugly trees of the neighborhood. It was told to me that my trees are a slightly different kind. They bloom a few weeks later but actually keep their beautiful blossoms for a much longer duration.
As I gaze at the blossoms on my trees I think of how followers of Christ can be sort of "late bloomers."
Those who identify with the sufferings of our Great Revolutionary, Jesus of Nazareth, will not truly "bloom" until this life is over. For all of creation is groaning in anticipation for when the children God will be revealed.
Until that time we can easily be jealous of those around us who seem to have it all in this life. It can be especially difficult to see the success of people who most would consider wicked.
Even the psalmist said that he almost lost heart; until he entered the sanctuary of God. Only then did he gain the perspective of eternity.
Sometimes we need this too.
We can grow weary of seeing all the other trees blossom while our own do not. The time will come.
Remember to enter into the sanctuary of God and talk with Him. Read His Word, The Bible, and reaffirm an eternal perspective.
The flowers will bloom; even if late.
So as I had an occasion to take some evening pictures of the blossoms on my trees, I thought about God and how He is preparing a place for me. And for some reason, that makes everything easier to handle.
-Jason Vreeke
P.S. Episode 18 will be released this weekend! Keep a lookout!
