Today is Five Minute Friday. This is an idea dreamed up by Gypsy Mama to help us all find our true writing voice…and encourage each other as we do it.
We write for 5 minutes and stop. I read what I have written. I’m not brave enough to blindly leave it all out there. I make too many typos. I want you to understand what I wrote!
Then I add my photo and links and send it on its way. The final step? We must write an encouraging comment to the writer just before us. I often visit a few. Come join us to read what others had to say.
GO
Growth…
Hiding in the dark
I reach for Light.
Fear has kept me here.
Fear of hurt and pain.
Fear of what others think…or what I think they think.
As I stretch up and am stretched by life
and the One who created me…
Who knows me better than I know myself.
I find the warmth of His Light.
Embraced by the love of His people.
Their love doesn’t always feel warm…or even cozy.
Their truth can be prickly.
But it is all by His design.
I realize that I keep growing…and blooming.
Rain has fallen. Frigid winds have blown.
The Light has been shining on me…
and I have grown
into the beautiful bloom He is creating.
STOP
Their truth can be prickly…I love this line. Still growing.
Perfect words to drink my coffee to this morning.
I’m glad I found you through 5 minute Friday.
All thru Him,
Cin
thanks cin. enjoyed reading your post just now:) diff. to find your blog b/c of typo, but they helped me:) couldn’t figure out how a blog could keep going around a braid idea, then i found out what the typo was:)
loved your beautiful, warm writing…a delight for the heart.
Love this poem…and impressed that you wrote in five minutes!
thanks kateri:) my brain thinks more in phrases than full sentences and paragraphs:) btw, did you see the name of elizabeth’s blog?…dog fur and dandelions? right along the dandelion theme:)
That’s lovely! I just love the “gritty grace”, it’s so true. I call it Muddy Mama because that’s my life right now. 🙂
thanks for stopping by jessie and elizabeth. yes, my point (difficult to make in a 5 min. poem…espec. when i’m not a poet:) was the darkness of staying alone and not growing;
the stuggle of reaching toward God (the Light) and others (Body of Believers);
the brokenness of the world we live in.
oh yes! the glory that awaits as we grow in this life…and bloom…but also in the next where we will be dressed in His righteousness, in a glorious, delightfully perfect “new creation”…the garden of Eden revisited!
I love your picture of growing and BLOOMING! It is true, as we grow in Christ He allows us to blossom with His light and grace. Thanks for sharing with Five Minute Friday!