change

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When we moved to Platte City from Lompoc, California, I was breathless as we pulled into the driveway of our new house. The duplex we moved out of had a yard full of sand and only a few shrubs. Our new home had green grass everywhere and two gorgeous trees in the front yard and two gigantic blue spruce trees in our side yard. I couldn’t believe we had our very own trees. Only God knew how much I would treasure them.


This year as the barren branches began to bud, this beauty remained the same. The leaves that never fell through the winter stayed put as everything around it came to new life with the spring. Last week I finally resigned myself to the reality that she had died and we needed to make arrangements for removal. 


It wrenches my heart a little; I don’t like change. But at the same time, I have been dreaming about planting an apple tree. Once the removal is complete, I will have the space to begin something new. It reminds me to hold on loosely to all the things in my life that I love. 


“There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven— A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up.”

‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3:1-3‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/100/ecc.3.2.NASB1995


“Commit your works to the Lord And your plans will be established.”

‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭16:3‬ ‭NASB1995‬‬

https://bible.com/bible/100/pro.16.3.NASB1995


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