Sometimes returning to a place where you once sat in pain shows you the slow and tender healing that is taking place.
Nearly 7 months ago I sat in this parking lot staring at the trees that were basically bare. I had just encountered an incredibly painful situation that had taken place and was stunned and a bit speechless at what had happened.
I sat in the car of the hotel parking lot with tears just slipping down my face, looking out in space. I didn’t even realize that my door was open or someone had approached the car beside me and was trying to get in.
All of a sudden a voice said, “Miss, are you okay?” …
As I started to stammer an apology this kind gentleman started talking a the trees and how they were bare because before the fall leaves could even turn they had fallen off… the weather conditions had affected them so much they just died and fell off… I tried to listen and then something he said started to resonate… he said, “…sometimes that is how life is… it looks like bare due to various conditions and then in time things will start to lightly bloom again…” … he spoke a few more minutes and then he quietly said goodbye and left…
As I stared at the trees I was in so much pain that it was hard to believe that they would bloom again… but on Saturday I stood in that same parking lot and it was full of beauty… and a redemptive moment hit me very tenderly… truly beauty does come from some of the most painful places…
These last 7 months have been very painful, difficult, and filled with some of the most wounding words, actions, and rejection that I could have ever imagined.
As I stared at the trees I was in so much pain that it was hard to believe that they would bloom again… but on Saturday I stood in that same parking lot and it was full of beauty… and a redemptive moment hit me very tenderly… truly beauty does come from some of the most painful places…
These last 7 months have been very painful, difficult, and filled with some of the most wounding words, actions, and rejection that I could have ever imagined.
It has been hurtful.
It has brought up questions into things that have long past.
February 3rd brought the end of this complicated situation and the start of tear-filled and gentle healing. Healing is still happening and taking place… and gentle hope has filled the last weeks since that day.
I may share more at a later time, but today I just want to encourage those that might be in a very painful bare tree moment… I hope that the dawning of spring is a gentle reminder of hope and a tender reminder to keep taking a step at a time.
I may share more at a later time, but today I just want to encourage those that might be in a very painful bare tree moment… I hope that the dawning of spring is a gentle reminder of hope and a tender reminder to keep taking a step at a time.
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