Blooming at the library

Walked in to pick up a library book.

Bright flower heads greet along the sidewalk.

This library branch will undergo an update soon.

Probably won't keep much

  of the perennial beds intact in the process.

Always hard to see beautiful things go away.

My comforting thought will be that the 

future flower adornments will be even lovelier.

Reminds me of the challenging

 and daunting upheaval

 that soul pruning makes in our lives.

We so LOVE to hang on to the present good- 

even at times to hang on

 for dear life to the known present.

Our Lord says to us--"Trust Me, 

I have something even better."

And I pray:

Lord, allow me to move through my days

 with the ability to seek the Good

 that you have in store for me.

On days where there is a lot of tearing up,

 dividing and tossing out of pieces of my life-

let me rest assured that you

 meet me in the new place. 

I give thanks that the very best in life

often comes right after a challenging

stretch of heart renovation.

What grace- that my Lord travels all the way

WITH ME.