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Bloom
Where You Are Planted |
I walked by my garden today
There wasn't a flower to be seen.
How could this be when just a few weeks ago
Everything was pretty and green?
I have to admit the cares of my life
Have kept me really stretched out.
Children screaming, telephones ringing...
Sometimes I just want to shout.
Always another meeting to attend...
A deadline I must make.
So many demands upon my time...
It's almost more than I can take.
People are always depending on me
Besides, I'm a daughter, mother, and wife.
Yet, I sometimes still feel so empty
With little meaning in my life.
I have so many responsibilities,
So much that needs to be done.
I keep pushing myself forward
In a race that has to be run.
My beautiful flower garden
So carefully I planted your seeds...
Only to neglect you
And let you just become weeds.
It is time that I take a look
At all the weeds in my life.
Too many responsibilities, not enough time
To be a daughter, mother, and wife.
Just like the flowers in my garden
I need the Son to grow.
I have forgotten about my Savior
The One I long to know.
It is time I just slowed down
And found a special place
To spend time alone with my Lord
And truly seek His face.
I know I must renew my perspective
And give myself some room.
God has planted me here
And here is where I should bloom.
I need my Lord. I need my family.
I always must put them first.
Just like my plants need the water
It's time I quenched my thirst.
Look closely into my poor garden...
A beautiful flower still grows.
In a life where I only saw the thorns
God helped me find a rose.
-Valerie
Keefe
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