Snapdragons & Second Chances: What This Season Is Teaching Me

I had the wrong idea about snapdragons when I first started growing them in my nursery. My nursery is new, and I have a lot to learn—but God seems to be teaching me life lessons through these flowers.
Snapdragons aren’t made for the heat. They thrive in cooler weather—fall flowers, even mild winter flowers. I’ve always loved the warmth of the day, but the heat of life? That can linger longer than we expect. Sometimes we try to bloom in the wrong places or at the wrong times. Maybe what we need is a climate shift—a change in our circumstances, our mindset, or our heart posture. And when we let God hold our hand through that shift, we begin to flourishWhen I first placed the snapdragons in my sunniest greenhouse, they struggled. They were drying up, not growing—just surviving the best they could. But when I moved them to a more shaded spot, just a few degrees cooler, something changed. Their blooms began to open. They started becoming the beautiful flowers God intended them to be—simply by being in the right environment.
I’ve experienced my own climate change, if you will. I’m learning to be still. To find peace in unexpected places. To thrive in this new season of life, even when it looks different than I imagined.
Every day, I watch the snapdragons grow and bloom a little more. And with each new petal, I feel a quiet excitement rising in me. I’m blooming too—right where God has me.