Spring Flowers...kinda sorta

This is the first morning that it is actually warm enough and sunny enough to sit outside on the step and enjoy my morning coffee! Here is a peek at my few but faithful flowers...

I LOVE flowers! What is it about them that just makes you happy every time you see one? My flowers get stared at a lot...I stand over them and watch...like they are going to wave at me or something...or burst out a pretty little colored bloom while I'm standing there...but day after day, little by little...they do what they were made to do, and then one day...poof! There's a beautiful flower!

My little Emi decided she didn't want to wait for the real flowers to bloom, so she scattered a few of her own out in the yard :-)

As I looked at my soon-to-be Lilies this morning, I had 2 thoughts. #1 was what a wonderful, creative God we have...the One who made all of these lovely blossoms and blooms...all those different colors and fragrances and sizes and shapes...just a tiny glimpse into Who He is and how much He cares about details and beauty and purpose.

Thought #2 as I gazed at my soon-to-be Lilies was about Faith. How easy it is for me to anticipate the blooming of my lilies. I know they are going to bloom one day soon...and I watch and wait with hope, not worry...but with joyful anticipation of their beauty when they arrive. I don't worry about "what if" or oh no with my lilies. I know they will bloom, because they always do...and I don't really DO a whole lot to make them bloom....I just let them do their thing and they come back year after year. Isn't God the same way? Why then do I sometimes lack faith that He will answer my prayers and that He will be with me? I need to let my faith in my flowers transfer over to that kind of faith in my God! The kind of doubtless faith that says "I know You are there....and I will patiently wait for you to do things in Your time and Your way...without interference from me...I will patiently watch and wait to see the salvation of the Lord!

Have a wonderful day!