Not a No, Just Rain

I came across this quote recently and it just hit differently:

“I asked God for flowers and He gave me rain.”

At first, it felt like one of those pretty sayings that sounds deep but doesn’t really stick or have meaning until it did.

I have been in seasons where I prayed for something, something beautiful, something immediate, something I thought would bring joy and happiness. I wanted immediate results, signs, breakthroughs but instead all I got was silence, delays, losses. But like the saying goes delay is not denial because eventually it ends up working out, that thing I was chasing eventually found me in a much better way, when I was more prepared and ready.

Let’s be real rain isn’t always poetic or beautiful, it doesn't always come with rainbows. Sometimes it’s messy, confusing, uncomfortable. It feels like you’re being left behind while others are blooming. Waiting feels like punishment when you don’t understand the process but slowly, I started to see it:
Rain isn’t rejection it’s preparation, it's not a no it's just a not now.

Flowers don’t bloom overnight, they need watering and time and sometimes the exact thing we think is ruining everything is actually making the roots stronger and more grounded. Waiting is hard, it really is especially when all you can see is what hasn’t happened yet but the truth is a lot of what looks like disappointment now will eventually reveal itself as protection, preparation, redirection or even answered prayers in disguise.

So if you're asking for flowers and all you seem to be getting is rain don’t lose faith. Something is growing, the flower is blooming even if you can’t see it yet. The universe doesn't hate you and God is not ignoring you, He just answers in ways we don’t always expect and at the perfect time too after all His timing is the best!
And with time it will all make sense.