Bloom where you're planted?!

Many times in my life I have heard the old adage "bloom where your planted," but just like a flower sometimes the wind blows you to a place that isn't ideal for you to thrive....I didn't say you couldn't bloom I said you couldn't thrive. I believe that God has a hand in everything that happens in our lives....nothing is by accident. But with that being said I also believe that we all have our own obstacles and some have to overcome more than others. This is all part of God's grand plan because through adversity we become who he wants us to be. I have been thinking a lot about this old saying and I have come to a couple of conclusions. First weeds will grow anywhere, I mean everywhere. They are unsightly and they take away from the beauty of the flowers you plant for beauty. They suck the life out of other plants because they have a much stronger root system. I'm sure we all know who the "weeds" are in our lives. Those people who can suck the beauty out of everything. I think it is easy to be a weed. It is easy to be ugly and suck the beauty out of life....I mean it is much easier to do this than to step back and choose to see the beauty even in the worst of situations. Just like flowers though God put weeds on this Earth for a reason.....maybe to test the patience of my father-in-law....who by the way has the best yard of anyone I know....well I digress. On the other hand flowers must be handled very delicately. You have to water them, feed them, pull off the dead buds. To have beautiful flowers is to do a lot of work. Flowers don't grow just anywhere....they must be planted carefully. Now just like people some flowers are stronger than others. Some flowers can go without water for longer than others. Some will grow without much care. I on the other hand am a flower that must be taken care of carefully and that is the way God designed me. Just like flowers rely on us...we have to rely on God to water us....feed us....pull off the dead parts. He is the gardener of us. Just like we care about our flowers well he cares about us.....so much more than we could ever care about our flowers. If we allow him he will daily water us....feed us and pull off all the dead parts that are keeping us from his love. I am CHOOSING everyday to be a flower of God. Fate has blown me me into cracks and crevices that made it hard for me to bloom, but as I began to flower the wind blew my seeds to a better place. So now that I have used the whole "weed" and "flower" analogy I will sum it up. First it is imperative that we choose to be flowers. We have to allow God to help us along or we essentially become a person who sucks the beauty out of life. We have to work hard at that relationship with God. We don't always get what we want but we ALWAYS get what we need, God makes sure of that. For the past couple of months God has been tending to me like crazy. He has feed me, watered me and he's even began to pull off the parts that are "dead" to him. While shedding these parts I have become closer to him in some big ways. He wants me....he desires for me to bloom for Him. I am choosing that and it is a constant, conscious daily decision. We can thrive without him and even grow like crazy (think weeds) but do you want to be a weed? Being a weed isn't good enough for me....I want to bloom so everyone can see my love for Christ. So God blow me where you will but I will keep loving you and praying that when I get where you want me to start putting down my roots that you will let me know. You will because you have already been encouraging me to do that. I am beginning to put down roots for the first time and it is because he has put so much in my life...so many consistent people who love me unconditionally like he does. He, of course, cannot be physically in this world with us but I think he does the next best thing. He puts people in our paths that love us the way he does. I have been soooo blessed to have these people in my life.....these people who tend to me and encourage me to flower. That love I feel is enough to know that God loves me more than I could ever imagine. God is good all the time....not just when were blooming but even in the seasons of our lives when we are dormant...we never die. So what are you? A weed or a flower?