blossom – P.I.M & PINK

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Hi, P.I.M PALS! (/( ்̓˟்̓)\) 🌸 🤍

Spring is here, my absolute favorite season! I hope that you are doing well and enjoying a lovely spring day today. 😊 🙏 💕

If you did not already know, last spring I wrote a blog post called “Blossom“. In that post, I talked about not letting anyone or anything stop you from blossoming into the person you are called to be in Christ. Also, I shared a picture of peach blossoms that I would pass by everyday. But this year, I share with you my first experience being showered with cherry blossoms in Washington D.C.! 😄 🌸

I have always dreamed of seeing the cherry blossoms, for they are my favorite flower. 🌸 💕

The day finally came on March 31, 2023, when my family and I took a trip to Washington D.C., and saw the cherry blossom trees in peak bloom! 🌸 ✨

It was the first time I got to see the cherry blossom trees up close and really appreciate their beauty. 🌸 💕

I also got very excited seeing and meeting new people who spoke different languages and traveled from all around the world just to see the cherry blossoms in peak bloom as well. 😄 🌸

There were many kind people who offered to take pictures of my family and me together with the cherry blossoms. Many of these people had years of experience taking photos of the cherry blossoms, so the pictures came out absolutely amazing! 😄 📷 🌸 💕

It was also very cute to see many students and young and old couples taking pictures together with the cherry blossoms. 🎒 📚 🌸 💕

Also, I saw many people having picnics under cherry blossom trees, which is something that I would love to do one day with my family and friends. 🌸 💕

As expected, my family and I took lots and lots of pictures to capture the beauty of the cherry blossoms. 📷 🌸

There was even a moment when soft jazz music was playing in the background while everyone was walking and sightseeing the cherry blossom trees that were by the water. The live music truly enhanced the experience for all of us. 🌸 🎶

Eventually, I sat underneath a cherry blossom tree and I noticed all of the adorable pink and white petals scattered all over the ground and the water. 🌸

There were also many historical museums and art galleries in the area that I hope to visit the next time my family and I visit Washington D.C.! 🖼️ 🎨

Overall, I consider cherry blossoms to be my favorite flower, not just because they are pink, but because they mark the ending of winter and represent the beginning of spring. 🌸

The cherry blossoms also represent a time of renewal and optimism, which I think that many of us as people need and want in our lives. 🌸 ✨

For instance, personally, I am finally starting to come out of a “winter season” in my life when I was weighed down with fear and anxiety of losing my own life because of a tragic experience that happened to me.

I thank God that I am finally starting to enter a new spring season in my life of letting go of the fear, anxiety, worry, and pain that could have kept me from blossoming into the person I am called to be in Christ.

After my family and I prayed together, God gave me a dream reminding me of Genesis 3:15 (NIV) in His Word that the enemy, Satan, is under my heel, and I have crushed his head because he has no power over my life or anybody else’s life.

Do not, reader, allow the enemy to steal, kill, and destroy (John 10:10 (NIV)) the joy and beauty of your time and the moment when you should be blossoming or allowing yourself to enjoy the new beginnings of the spring season or any season, whether it is a new job you love, a new hobby you enjoy, or any new gifts, talents, or skills that you are passionate about and aspire to do, etc.

Something as simple as a cherry blossom showering over me gives me pure joy and a feeling and assurance that God is with me and He is with you also. 🌸 ✨

While I was sightseeing the cherry blossoms, the following two Scripture verses also came to mind:

🌸 Song of Songs 2:12 (NCV) 🌸

“Blossoms appear through all the land. The time has come to sing; the cooing of doves is heard in our land.”

🌸 Psalm 1:1-3 (NIV) 🌸

“Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who meditates on His law day and night. That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither – whatever they do prospers.”

Therefore, reader, as you can see, God compares us to the trees in His Word. Just as the cherry blossom trees blossom in the spring, so will you in God’s divine timing. So, do not compare yourself to someone else’s “peak bloom”. 🌸 ✨

And to those of you who are currently in a rut, I encourage you to step outside and surround yourself with nothing but God’s beautiful creation. 🌸

If you are reading this, mother and father, thank you for bringing me to see my favorite flower. It was a beautiful early birthday present! 🌸 🙏 💕

I thank God that my family and I were able to see the cherry blossoms in peak bloom and enjoy such a lovely, serene, and healing spring day together. 🌸 🙏 🤍

One day, I hope to also see the beautiful cherry blossoms, also known as Sakura, in Japan and go to my first cherry blossom festival there with family and friends. 🌸 ⛩️ 🗼

To bring this post to a close, I wanted to share with you, this special little reel of my trip to Washington D.C., where I saw the cherry blossom trees. 🌸 🎬 ✨

I encourage you to visit one day and experience the beauty of the cherry blossoms as I did. 🌸 💕

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A post shared by Selene 🎀 (@selene_a_washington)

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Your P.I.M PAL,

Selene

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Hi, P.I.M PALS! (o^-^o)/

Welcome to today’s blog post about blossoming.

As I watch the trees blossom with flowers this spring, I thought about what it means to blossom as a person.

Firstly, what does it mean to blossom?

To blossom means to flourish and develop into something beautiful like a flower, for example. 🌸

In other words, when you see a person blossom, they become a more confident, attractive, and successful version of themselves.

Each and every one of us are called to blossom in this life. But sometimes we are faced with difficult people, obstacles, or situations, that can try to keep us from blossoming into the person we are called to be in Christ.

Let me remind you what it says in the book of John 10:10 (ESV), “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I (God) came that they may have life and have it abundantly.”

Personally, I have been going through something challenging in my life for quite some time now, and what I am going through has stumbled me to some extent.

However, I have decided that I will not allow this challenge to dominate my life or my spirit.

Satan will try to use the challenges in your life and use them against you, but he has no power over you.

One of the ways I have learned to not allow these challenges to come against me is to simply pray to my Heavenly Father.

Another way is to speak life and rebuke Satan with authority and power in Jesus name!

Oftentimes, I have to remind myself what it says in Psalm 8:2 (KJV), which says, “Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.”

You are a child of the Most High God, reader, who is made to do incredible and beautiful things!

I encourage you to blossom.

Here is a scripture verse that I want to give you.

🌸 Psalm 1:1-3 (NIV) 🌸

Therefore, reader, take delight in the Lord and His Word and do not compare yourself to someone else who is blossoming in their own time. You will have your season, just like they are having their season. So, be patient and hopeful because your time of blossoming is in God’s Will and His timing. 🌱

So, have you come to that point in your life when you are seeing yourself blossoming?

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May you blossom and overflow with abundance this spring and forever, and not let anyone or anything bring you down. 🌸

God bless you and protect you, and I pray and speak good health and safety over you always in Jesus name. 🙏✨

Your P.I.M PAL,

Selene (🌸^-^)

Photo by Selene Washington

“Blossoms appear through all the land. The time has come to sing; the cooing of doves is heard in our land.”

🌸 Song of Songs 2:12 (NCV) 🌸