8/15/2023 0 Comments Gods timing not mineThere is an hour to His release of power. Likewise, Father God didn’t raise Jesus up until the third day. It wasn’t until the next morning that they started to stand up and come back to life. God didn’t make those flowers of mine beautiful that evening after I first watered them. He has also set eternity in the human heart yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end” (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV). Scripture says, “He has made everything beautiful in its time. Jesus still conquers death, so we can have life. Jesus conquered death so we can have life. These silly flowers remind me of the essence of the resurrection. There is no situation that is unredeemable all thanks to Jesus. There is no hopeless situation that God can’t raise up. There is no lost child God can’t bring home. This means there is no marriage God can’t save. He can do it to anyone or anything, anywhere, just like He did for those raised-up stems. Ask us, before we were freed from hell by grace.Įaster, and this plant, remind me: God makes dead things come back to life again. If He was, well, I got it: Truly, there is no dead thing God can’t raise to life again. How did this happen? How did these flowers defy death?Īnd – how did they do it on, of all days - Easter morning?! My heart wanted to bust open at the seams. They were alive, despite every reason they should be dead. They didn’t look sad.Īstonishingly, they were upright, vital, and purple. And I could hardly believe my eyes! Somehow, some way, they didn’t look like they did yesterday. Later that night, I checked in on them again they looked the same. I prayed for little flowers and then lugged all my trip baggage inside. Those little symbols of hope and life -I ruined.ĭropping my luggage, I ran inside for water and dumped it in the lifeless pot. But, when I got home from the long trip, all I could see as I pulled into my driveway was… the way-wilted and dried-up purple flowers that looked about as sad as I felt. I moved my thoughts away from plants and decided to enjoy my vacation. So, I let go of worry, because that’s really all one can do if they want to experience joy. Many a morning, I snuggled up with a hot coffee, my bible and a clear view to those cheer-me-up flowers.īut what would happen after a week with no water? I didn’t want to think about the repercussions. Those little purple flowers bring me such joy. But the purple ones, under my porch? Oh man, I hoped they would live. I knew the white variety that lined the front hedge of my house would be fine the rain would hit them. I don’t know why I was worried it was a small issue in the grand scheme of things, but, still, I kept thinking back to home…to the flowers I planted before I left. Nearly all vacation long, I couldn’t stop worrying. He has also set eternity in the human heart yet no one can fathom what God has done from beginning to end.” (Ecclesiastes 3:11 NIV).
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