Bloom

Five-Minute Friday: "Bloom"

By: Susan Deborah Schiller

A 5-minute writing adventure bloggers from all over the world are doing today at "Five Minute Friday" with Lisa Jo Baker. We write for 5-minutes, no editing… and then we share! Click image below to join us!

Something is wrong with our soil. Beans sprout in a withered way. Peas won't peek their heads. Carrots are atrophed. Tomatoes are stunted, with lopsided fruit that is holey.

The previous owner may have sprayed herbicide in our garden area. Yet, with magnificent blooms and sunny faces, our sunflower family is beaming at the sun, in the very same soil!

In their race to reach the sun, they ignore the unkind, even murderous intentions of others and simply choose life.

Sunflowers are known for their ability to absorb radiation and other toxins and exchange them for healthy nutrients. They turn sorrow into joy, death into life, and mourning into dancing.

Even in winter our sunflowers stand strong, providing rich seeds to keep the birds fat and fortified in freezing weather. 

My friend, if you have been living with a sociopath, there is no doubt the garden of your heart has been sprayed with the herbicide of deceit – smear campaigns, gaslighting, and psychological torture. Reach for the light anyway. Race to the Light!

Allow God to make you into a sunflower, capable of converting toxins into the best nutrients. Let the adversity give you pleasure as you face it like an eagle and use it for an updraft. 

Choose life – abundant life. Be you. Live free. Tell your story! Each part of your story is like one of the highly rich seeds hidden within the bloom of your fully opened heart!

Bloom!

Choosing love today,

Sue

Susan Schiller knows how it feels to lose everything: marriage and family, church and reputation, finances and businesses, and more. Susan's upcoming, interactive memoir, "On the Way Home," tells the story of how she came to be known as "the most abused woman" her counselors had yet met and how she learned to navigate her way out of hell to a rich and satisfying life. In her lifetime, Susan has served in duties ranging from home school mom – to pastor –  to full-time deliverance minister – and to Midwest regional prayer coordinator for a large international ministry. These days you can usually find Susan soaking in her favorite hot springs pool, reading a book (or several), blogging, baking bread, or hanging out with her family and friends. You can get a free copy of Susan's upcoming book, "On the Way Home" by registering here.

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