Late Bloomers

Just a Late bloomer, you’ve said you think you are
In God’s beautiful flower garden of all
But not all flowers bloom in the springtime when the year is new,
Nor in the summer after a heavy dew.

But some I have saved for autumns’ fall
When life all around starts doning its pall.
For your beauty stands out so sleek
When life all around you seems so bleak.

So, never despair a Late Bloom to be
Because your beauty has been saved just for Me.
Have I not said, “The last shall be first”,
Late Bloomers that display the New Creation Birth.

The flowers that bloom in springtime
With petals so fine
Are those who have experienced Me
As their Savior all divine.

Those that flower in summer
When the sun is so bright
Are those who have come to know Me
As Baptizer in a fresh and glorious light.

But those that flower in autumn
During the garden’s decline
Are those who have come to know Me
As not only Savior and Lord, but King sublime!

Now, this gardening tale
Is a comfort to all
Who think because they’re a Late Bloomer
They are therefore so small.

For God, the Great Gardener
With His well laid plans
Included the Late Bloomer,
Yes indeed, all men!

Those springtime blooms of ancient past
Were men like Moses, Abraham and to mention, David not last
And not to be excluded were the women of great renown
Such as Ruth and Queen Esther who also wear the victors crown.

Those summertime blooms emitting such sweet perfumes
Were those born during Christ’s time like Peter, Paul and Jude.
Those earlier flowers, although so fine,
Did not reach full bloom because God has us in mind.

Late bloomers that flower in this last hour
Are those of us upon whom, depends so much
Together with Him we shall bring perfection in
Uniting all seasons; past, present and future as Him.