A while back a friend sent me a flower on Facebook, her way of making life a little more beautiful in the face of all we have going on right now. That really touched me.
In the grand scheme of things we are a lot like that flower. Here ever so briefly.
My question is – will my life bring beauty and joy to others as a flower does or will others be pricked by the thorns that my life may produce.
Today, I’m choosing to bring beauty; letting the love of my heavenly Father shine through me to others. Loving unconditionally, helping those who are hurting and lifting up those who have fallen.
We’ve all heard the saying bloom where you are planted. Not a scripture verse but a good instruction. God has placed beauty within us and we need to blossom so that others will see Jesus in me.
“His love for his followers is as high above us as heaven is above the earth.
12 And he has taken our sins as far away from us as the east is from the west.
13 The Lord is as kind to his followers as a father is to his children.
14 He knows all about us. He knows we are made from dust.
15 He knows our lives are short, that they are like grass. He knows we are like a little wildflower that grows so quickly,
16 but when the hot wind blows, it dies. Soon, you cannot even see where the flower was.
17 But the Lord has always loved his followers, and he will continue to love them forever and ever! He will be good to all their descendants,
18 to those who are faithful to his agreement and who remember to obey his commands.” Psalm 103:11-18 ERV
Our beauty, our love and our influence are only temporary but the love of the Lord lasts forever!