Against Odds

I love tulips & daffodils that burst forth to greet us each Spring. I got to thinking about their perseverance. There they are all winter just waiting until the appointed time. And the weight of the garden dirt packed down on top of them is in itself noteworthy. (Simply as I can describe it, a cubic yard of wet garden soil can weigh 2-3 thousand pounds; those are some odds I’d say……) Why does this intrigue me? My life, your life can at times be weighted down with challenges or odds or just the day to day, right? Like our little bulb friends, there can be obstacles & a lot of waiting. Against insurmountable odds of making their way through the PSI of wet dirt, rocks, bugs, roots, snow & months of their winter season, onward they press & upward they push to reach the top, to appear & bloom just in time to herald the hope of Spring. Let’s keep doing our own pressing on & pushing through to make our way to the surface & do our own blooming, called forth & strengthened by our Creator.