The Blooms are Gone

Seasons come and go and the scenery is always changing in the Springtime. I love this season with all of its splendor. Those sleeping trees save up all winter to show off their beautiful array of flowers. They give it all...for one show that will only last about a week. I love watching the flowers come forth from there hiding places and I know that when one tree or bush has had its day in the sun...another bountiful display is just around the corner. Even inside the season...there is a season for those lovely flowers to emerge. I watched the Bradford Pear trees show off there snowy display, while the Yellow Bell bush glowed with its golden petals. Then the Yoshino Cherry trees showed off there parade of pink, while the beautiful Red Buds put on there royal lavender robes. Now the glorious Dog Wood has graced us with its cross-like petals. The beauty of spring with new life bursting forth everywhere is God's way of sprinkling cheerful color into a drab world. Reminding us that just as the seasons of nature change...the season that we are going through will also change. We might feel like we are on top of the world now and next week we could feel like we are the cast away petal that has fallen to the ground. What ever life may give us...we have to keep in mind...it is only a season.
The glorious display those trees show off...will only last a little while. A storm will come and the rain will beat against the flower or the wind will come and loosen those petals. Those lovely little blooms will take flight and fall to the ground...making way for new growth. When the storms of life come against us and the shaking is done...remember you have grown and just as there was beauty there before...there will be beauty again. The trees and bushes go own to produce a crown of leaves that sparkle and dance in the sun. They continue to reach toward the heavens as if to say, "God you are beautiful." I don't think that nature is sad when the seasons change. The trees continue to dance even when the blooms are gone.