The Blossom…

One day the bud on the apple tree burst open with color and song

To show her beauty to the world, for this day she’d waited so long

The gentle breeze whispered through the leaves making the blossom feel grand

As a little girl walked beneath the tree she reached out an eager hand

To pick from the flowers the prettiest one and take it along with her

But the little blossom left felt cheated and looked over as self pity started to stir

“Why did she pick that blossom and not I” she asked, “Am not I just as pretty as she?”

“Look at my colors and fluttering petals, it’s not fair”, the little blossom seethed

“It’s not time to be chosen yet, my little one, God has a different plan for you

Be happy where you are and be patient, my love, your time is coming too”

Later that year as blossom turned to apple she noticed how perfect she looked

But again when it came time to choose, it was a different apple the little girl took

“It happened again did you see it, she chose one not as perfect as I

My hues are exquisite, my size is just right” and with that the little apple began to cry

“Your time to shine has not yet come, be patient and work on growing

You have so much to do yet, just wait on God, He is the only All Knowing”

Fall turned to winter and a cold harsh wind caused the little apple to fall to the land

Upset and angry she didn’t understand how this could ever be part of God’s plan

“Here I am on the cold hard earth with nothing to do but rot”

She knew nothing of the journey before her and of the special plan she knew not

She sank deeper into the ground and soon was covered in snow

All winter she lay there forgotten, she thought, for her purpose she did not know

Then spring whispered into her ear that it was time to arise again

“I can’t,” she said “my beauty is all gone and my heart is torn in two,” but then

Out of that broken seed of her heart, appeared the tiniest of green

Breaking through the earth, reaching for the sun and all of the warmest beams

She smiled when she reached the surface for now she did understand

The plan that God had for her all along and how He’d kept her safe in His hand

The petals she had been so proud of could never have become the fruit

If she had been picked and then tossed away God’s plan that would never suit

And if the apple had been chosen what would have become of the precious seed inside

Much better for it to have been protected all season, tucked in the earth to hide

For in its time God’s plan was seen when the broken seed brought forth

It wasn’t in the petal, it wasn’t in the fruit, that God saw this ones worth

But in a new tree, a whole new life now the blossom of last year knew

She must become a great big tree and with that she grew and grew

Perhaps your life isn’t quite like you planned, perhaps you’ve been passed by

Taken second place or no place at all, and the unfairness has made you cry

God chose you from the beginning and has the very best plan for you

Be patient, my love, don’t rush thought it just do what God tells you to do

Someday you’ll look back and see what God was working on all along

You have no idea what’s before you so don’t think that life is all wrong

When it’s the darkest and coldest please know, that the next season will bring

Life and purpose like you’ve never known before so just trust in our Heavenly King

Follow His plan, grow in His Grace, become who He wants you to be

A tree of life planted by rivers of water bringing forth fruit, you’ll see…

Romans 8:28

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Psalm 1:3

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.