Messy Masterpiece

“Last week, I bought a few packets of heirloom flower seeds for my summer garden. On the back of one packet, there was an illustration of the lifecycle of a flower. It struck me that the beautiful bloom that I was so excited to see was actually the middle of the flower’s life… that part I so often think of as the messy middle of process was actually a masterpiece. I think the Lord does that with our lives as well. If we follow Him, He allows for a masterpiece to bloom out of the messy middle ground.“ -Brianna Showalter