Did you ever notice how quickly a small flower bud opens up into a magnificent blossom? Every spring I am amazed to see how quickly the little buds pop out of branches, bushes, and the ground. And then I get excited as within days the buds burst open into leaves, blossoms, and flowers. Just a little nutrition from the soil, warmth from the sun, and spring rain, cause the unfolding of glorious beauty all around us.
Did you know that you are God’s flower garden? The living Word of God, spoken into your life, contains everything needed to unfold the glory of God into your life. Maybe you feel like you’ve been plowed under by the weight of problems and struggles for too long, but watch and see how that plowing is preparing you to become a beautiful garden.
God sees what you can’t see. He has been planting many seeds into your life, and you don’t always realize that they are there. These seeds may have come from others sharing spiritual truth with you, through reading the Bible, through circumstances that have drawn your attention to God, through words of encouragement, through Christian music, through sermons, and through the Holy Spirit teaching you.
All you need is to add spiritual nutrition through prayer and meditating on His Word. Soak up the warm Sonshine of Jesus’ love. And open your heart to let the water of the Holy Spirit flow into you and out through you. As you do, the seeds will grow and poke up through the good soil of your spirit. (If your spirit hasn’t been good soil, ask His forgiveness and ask Him to make you into good soil.)
Suddenly buds will pop out and bloom. You’ll find yourself singing His praises. As you worship in spirit and in truth, the glory of His Presence will manifest in your life. You will be His beautiful flower garden. The loveliness and fragrance will draw others to Jesus.
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FLOWER'S OF GOD'S GARDEN
We are the flowers of God's garden
with stems, roots and seeds
Our soil deep in the earth
is food for our needs
Now we've been planted
We are a beauty of God's gift
As he protects his garden
and sends rain to give us a lift
The sun shines down from high
opening up our bloom
Then God blankets us from destruction
in a world full of doom
Our thorns grow strong and prickly
as a hard cover of sin
But God begins to pick those thorns
to shed us of our sins
We once were just a seed
that sprouted up with time
We have now become God's flower
and faith in us you will find
Our seed has been planted
Our faith we must find
with hopes of a great future
in God we seek to find
Our root is our soul
planted deep into the earth
we search among the soil
to show others their worth
Our stem is our body
the temple of the Lord
as we sprout from the ground
God protects us from the swarm
As the thorns began to emerge
that's full of sin and pain
God picks them one by one
To bring us happiness again
As the bud begins to bloom
from the love that he has shared
For he has always been a part of us
to free us from despair
@Written by Carla Lee Davis
