God Loves the Broken..... (originally posted 4-19-2022 on facebook)

 God Loves the Broken…. 

 

I haven’t blogged in a while…. which happens when I get too busy to process my daily thoughts, much less the meaning of life.  Today I had a life lesson that I felt led to share.   

This morning, I went to the grocery store to get some ground beef for dinner.  I grabbed my buggy and zoomed through the produce section.  There was a produce manager there working who caught my eye.  However, just beyond her was a bucket of beautiful spring flowers.  I immediately thought of several people who could use a cheerful hello.  So, I quickly made a detour around to the flowers near the produce manager. 

I leaned down to look at the flowers and I thought “oh great, I am going to need reading glasses even sooner than I planned”.  With that, I huffed and picked up the flowers to read the price tag correctly.  Sure enough, it said $0.99.  So, I questioned the produce worker.  “Ma’am, is this price correct are these flowers just $0.99?”   She replied, “Yep, Easter is gone, and they need to go too. I am going to throw them out soon.”  I picked up one bundle of flowers, which only had a few wilted petals.  I couldn’t let those flowers go to waste.

I could see the beauty in the flowers and knew that with just a little care…. A snip of the stem, a good soak in water….  The flowers would perk right up.  

Isn’t that just like what happens when God brings us close to him?   We are weary, wilted, and can’t imagine how our life will go on.  One day God gives us a big drink of water and shows us that we are worthy… we are worthy of happiness, love, and life…… 

One of my favorite songs by the group “Sisters” says it best.   We may not understand why things are the way they are right now.  We may not understand why we are going through this valley.  We just must hold on…. To the faith that God has a plan for our life.  We may not see it yet….  But a day will come.  

“I will understand it better by and by somehow…. heartache will not last forever, and yet for now….. His PLAN keeps unfolding and glory lies ahead…. I don’t see it yet….  I don’t see it yet…… But a day will come……. “

So, for now, let’s just keep trying to see the beauty in those “flowers” that just need a little “water” and care.  It could be what helps someone more than you realize.  You never know when someone is going through a dark place.  So, if I can take some wilted flowers to those who have mysteriously shown up at my front door when my heart was at such a low place and changed my day with just a conversation about “nothing.”  I pray that I will always choose to rebuke satan when he tries to tell me that I need to save that money on those flowers.   The time I spent working on those flowers, delivering them, visiting, and then finally watching those flowers on my table come back to life……. I couldn’t have paid for that life lesson if I had tried to.  I can find $0.99 cents in my couch cushions and let me tell you it’s worth it.     

 



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