I love flowers. Please don't get me wrong! I am not being pestimistic. I promise you.
But this week, as I was cleaning off the hot zone of my dinning room table, it was time for my 30-cents flowers to be thrown away. They had lost their brilliant purple and shinny yellow. They were no longer stretching this way and that displaying their beauty.
But as I gathered them and was reaching for the trash, I thought to myself, "the grass withers, and the flowers fade, but the word of our God stands forever" which comes from Isaiah 40:8.
So, instead of tossing them, I hung them upside down to dry.
Its true. The beauty of flowers--even though I enjoy it greatly (especially the "smiley flowers"--you know sunflowers, daisys, and so on)--doesn't last forever. Their beauty fades, rather fleetingly if you ask me. But, God's word? Nope it never, ever will fade. Now that really is something to smile about! :)
Here are more shots of my faded flowers (and even though they made some fun pictures, they pale [yes, pun was intended] in comparison to the originals):
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You are so right. I purchased a beautiful orange rose (as you have seen on my blog), but it all dead now. To me it is amazing that God's Word has 'survived' for such a long time and that we can still feast on it in this day and age :).
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be wonderful it flowers lasted longer - of course, we might not appreciate their beauty as much if they did.
ReplyDeleteAnd I agree, the lasting power of God's Word is definitely worth smiling about!
You mentioned sunflowers - my parents planted some in our garden when I was a kid - they were HUGE and so pretty, then one day we had to cut them down and shake the seeds out - I was soooo amazed lol.