The Grace of Patience

We generally buy a flat or two of impatiens each spring for our rather shady yard, and did so again this year. But not quite so many. After so many years, even though we pull them out when the first frost kills them, seedlings must get around and pop up from time to time really anywhere in the yard. Last year we made several later-in-the-summer pots of impatiens harvested from some that just showed up in the yard.

So this year the Gardener says, "Let's not buy so many and just wait..."

Here you see a magnified view of the tiniest of leaves, the beginning of some impatiens popping up in our yard.

We already planted one small plant from a random growth and it's doing well, waiting for others to join it.

And these gorgeous hydrangeas have taken at least three or four years to reach this beautiful peak of beauty. The photo doesn't do their deep purple justice.

And after a three-year wait, our peonies bloomed a good show, and then disappeared.

Someone said patience is a virtue. It's not always easy, but in the case of our yard, has certainly been worth the wait. I have some other things I've been waiting for for many years, not always so patiently, but I know it works best to let patience play the bigger role. Much grace arrives when we do. 

The Lord's mercies are new every day. Great is His faithfulness.