It's Smiling at us.....

We arrived back in Calgary on Monday. It is such a strange feeling to be glad to be home but yet anxious about the fact that we know we are not going to be here for much longer. I am surprised that though I knew it would be a while before we would be back to the U.S., I got that warm, happy feeling as we were driving back to our home. While we were gone, our little garden in the front yard bloomed beautifully! It was as though this place was smiling at us and glad we were back. I feel strangely at home here in my little pocket of life, that continues far away from what I am used to. Other than the fact that our family and close friends are so far away, I think that our little family would have been quite happy if we had had the option to stay here. We would have rather enjoyed it! I have never tended to a garden before, I always have made excuses that I am horrible at gardening. This one was already there, under all of the weeds, so pulling up the weeds and cutting everything back was really pretty easy. I have learned that I enjoy taking care of this garden. It is quite therapeutic actually. In my head while I have been working in this garden, I have thought that this was kind of like my tiny garden of Eden...minus the snakes, of course. And how symbolic this little garden is to me. How God told us to to tend to his garden, when we pull up the weeds in our own lives how beautiful things become. How we are to try to bloom where he plants us, even if there are quite a few weeds to be pulled first. I also thought about how every year when the flowers die, they always come back the next year...kind of like the rainbow sign, it is yet another sign of God's promise to us. It is like He is smiling at us too. It is like God is telling me to relax, enjoy where I am, don't be anxious about the next step, stretch out and take it all in, and He'll take care of the rest. That is kind of what I feel like doing! I feel strangely at peace about what is to come....I am saying this all now of course! We'll see in about three months how calm I am feeling!! Anyway, just thought I would share!!

CB