Everything Starts Messy

"Everything starts messy–and stays that way a good long while." So states Amy Makechnie as she talks about "growing" children and likens it to gardening. I think her perspective applies to many parts of our lives. 

Looking back I can recall few times when things weren't "messy." If something in our lives gets to the "just right" stage, it usually doesn't stay that way very long. There's always another challenge, something more to learn, a new goal to reach for. The flowers bloom for only so long before they need to be tended and nourished for the next growth spurt and then blooming season. It's all about cycles and seasons. 

Makechnie then says, "It’s easier not to plant a garden. It’s easier to ignore the kids than pay attention. It’s easier to plug into devices than read a story. But we do hard things because there is something more powerful than [not doing the hard things]: the harvest." What a blessing it is to enjoy the harvest - the results of our efforts and the mess. 

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