Celebrate Everyday pt. 7

During the fall, what kind of plants do you think of? Yes, it's an odd question, but today's holiday is really odd too. (not that it is intrinsically odd, but the timing is odd) :)

When I think of this question, flowers are not the first thing that comes to mind. Yet, today is...

National Flower Day!

Here is Missouri, most of the flowers are dead already. The trees are bright and colorful, and dropping their leaves. Plants are getting ready for the winter. Instead of things getting ready to bloom, they are casting off their summer luster. But we know that it is only for a season, because when the weather starts getting warmer, the plants and flowers will all start to show their colors again!

While this is an elementary thought, it has a neat implication.

God is faithful! Now, you ask how do I know that from flowers? Well, in some ways, we are like flowers ourselves. We go through seasons of life. Some are the warm happy times, and others are dreary and cold. But just as we see God's hand over creation in marking the beginning and end of seasons, we can know that He is caring for us.

Luke 12:22-28 says, "Then He said to His disciples, "Therefore I say to you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat; nor about the body, what you will put on. Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing. Consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds? And which of you by worrying can add one cubit to his stature? If you then are not able to do the least, why are you anxious for the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; and yet I say to you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothes the grass, which today is in the field and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith?"

God cares about our lives. He promises to take care of us because He loves us!

Isn't that a good reminder!