What's growing?

Sometimes things don't quite go how you expect. You teach a class or lead a retreat and the reactions aren't what you anticipated. Those are the times I have to remind myself that God is planting seeds that I don't know about. Just because things didn't go the way you planned doesn't mean that people didn't learn something or go away with new ideas. Sometimes we have to widen our horizons and realise that there are way more links being formed than we can even dream of. 

So don't sweat it when things go awry!

Here are some close-ups:

stamp embossed in white

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Life is messy

I like to use the scrap pages that collect edges of paint and trial colours as background sometimes. This page started out that way. A layer of turquoise ink brought everything together but all the bits of gesso and acrylic paint still stand out a bit. It gives a background that's a little messy.

But then, life is messy. 

No matter how well we plan things, they usually go adrift within the first five minutes as the unforeseen happens and knocks us off track. I'm sure God sits in heaven and chuckles at us sometimes as we plan exactly how we want things to pan out. Because His plans for us are better and higher than anything we can imagine. And even when He tells us His plans, they don't usually come to fruition in the ways we expect. He likes to throw in a few surprises along the way.

Life is messy and we just have to live with it. But if we put it in God's hands, He can make something beautiful and meaningful out of what looks like chaos.