Last week my sweet Aunt Kay gave me some Gerbera Daisy's. They were the prettiest I had seen. I was so excited when I saw them! This year, in an effort to save money, Wesley and I opted for planting flower seeds versus actually buying flowers at the store. I haven't had many "real" plants to enjoy and I've missed them! The Lord has been teaching me patience, as the seeds I planted two months ago are just now about to bloom! Wesley keeps kidding me, saying they must really be weeds because they have been green stems with no flowers, for so long! After a few days of enjoying my flowers in the house, I decided to take the plant outside. I knew that Gerbera Daisy's require lots of sunshine. We were gone most of Saturday afternoon and right when we pulled in the driveway to come home, I saw them. My beautiful flowers were completely wilted and looked like an upside down "U" shape. I was SO upset! I ran and got them and immediately brought them inside and watered them. I checked the card in the plant and it said that they were supposed to be in the full sun, just like I'd thought. My husband said, "There must have been too much dry heat." It was then that I realized that I'd forgotten to water them before placing them outside.
That night when I went to bed I made sure the soil was wet and I prayed that as silly as it was, that the Lord would revive my plant.
The next morning I walked into my kitchen and there they were, standing right up, flowers opened and beautiful, smiling back at me! I was amazed at how something so small could make my heart so happy!
The more and more I thought about those flowers, the more I realized that I am just like that little plant. So often my roots get dried out and life's heat beats down on me and I crumble and become wilted. Yet, the mornings I start my day off with God's living Word, my roots are planted in the living water. I am instead able to raise my face to the Son and take on what the world throws my way. If my roots are saturated in Him, no matter how many punches satan throws, I'll be able to fight back!
"But blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in Him.
He will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out its roots by the stream.
It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought
and never fails to bear fruit."
Jeremiah 17:7-8
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I'm impressed with your ability to take an ordinary event and draw a spiritual lesson from it.
I love how God has surrounded us with so much beauty in His creation. Just the other day when I was outside, I looked up to see a hummingbird flitting around a red flower. It was there then gone almost as quickly as it came, but it was enough to brighten my day and make me marvel at the miracles of creation that I so often take for granted.
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