Five Minute Friday : "Here"

My second week of participating in "Five Minute Friday". This week's word is "here".


"You are here."

You know those little maps that are in alot of public places, showing you the layout of the store, the park, etc.? There's usually a not-necessarily-so-helpful notation marking the location of the map. It often says "You are here".

Why do we look at those little maps? We know where we are, obviously, at least on a very basic level!
Well, we look at them to find out how to get to where we are wanting to go.

Right now, I know where I am. I am "here". But I'll admit, I am struggling about getting to where I want to be.

Sometimes (for reasons I won't go into detail about, for time's sake), I'm afraid to plan, to dream, to set long-range goals for the future. I want to get there, but I am afraid of the road that will take me there.

Yet I am often unsatisfied with being "here", where I am.

One of the best quotes I've ever heard is very simple, but very wise: "Bloom where you're planted."

Discontentment is one of the human nature's easiest vices to give in to. Yet God has allowed us to be "here", where we are now, at this moment. And He's given us the opportunity (and ability) to use it well. It is up to us to decide if we are going to live it with joy and confidence in His love (to bloom), or with worry and dissatisfaction (wishing we were planted somewhere else).

We struggle with doubt, with worry, with our inability to control our own lives and destinies.

But we don't need to. And I'm preaching to myself here! Bloom where you're planted. "You are here", now.