WE ALL KNOW HOW A FLOWER LOOKS WHEN IT DOESNT RECEIVE ENOUGH SUNLIGHT. ITS PETALS DROOP, ITS LEAVES HANG LIMPLY AND ITS STALK LOOKS LIKE IT COULD JUST FOLD OVER AND COLLAPSE AT ANY TIME. A ONCE BEAUTIFUL BLOOM MAY BECOME FADED AND UGLY. A STRONG, HEALTHY, BEAUTIFUL FLOWER NEEDS PLENTY OF SUNLIGHT. I LOVE MY FLOWER BEDS. I ALSO LOVE THE WAY THE LORD USES THEIR BEAUTY IN ORDER TO CONVEY HIS MESSAGES TO ME.
I CAN RELATE TO THE IMAGE OF A DROOPING, WILTED, ONCE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER. IN SOME WAYS, I AM PRETTY SURE THAT YOU CAN TOO. BEFORE I STARTED LIVING FOR THE LORD, I RESEMBLED A BLOOM WHICH WAS IN MUCH NEED OF SUNLIGHT. LIKE A WILTED FLOWER, MY ROOTS BENEATH THE SURFACE WERE NOT THE PROBLEM. MY ROOTS WERE FIRMLY EMBEDDED IN RICH, FERTILE GROUND. HOWEVER, MY BODY, MUCH LIKE A STEM LACKING SUNLIGHT WAS WEAK AND FLIMSY. I WAS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT IN EVERY DIRECTION BY EVEN THE SLIGHTEST WIND. ANYONE LOOKING AT ME COULD EASILY SEE THAT SOMETHING WAS LACKING IN MY LIFE. MY SMILE WAS FADED, MY OUTLOOK WAS DREARY, I DIDNT STAND STRAIGHT AND TALL. MUCH LIKE A FLOWER STARVING FOR SUNLIGHT, I WAS IN DESPERATE NEED OF THE LORD. MUCH LIKE A WILTED FLOWER, MY APPEARANCE STEADILY WORSENED. A FLOWER SOMETIMES APPEARS TO GREIVE FOR SUNLIGHT. I WAS GREIVING FOR THE LOVE OF THE LORD!
AS I SAID EARLIER, EVEN AT MY WORST, I STILL BELIEVED IN GOD. IT WASNT UNTIL I BECAME LIKE A DYING FLOWER, THAT THE LORD POURED SOME MUCH NEEDED SUNLIGHT DOWN ONTO MY LIFE. THE WINDS OF LIFE HAD ALMOST COMPLETELY DESTROYED ME WHEN I WAS AT MY WEAKEST. THE LORD ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND RESTORED MY STRENGTH. HE BATHED ME IN HIS WONDERFUL LIGHT AND PRODUCED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COLORS THROUGH THE MAJESTRY OF HIS LOVE. MY ROOT SYSTEM HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER. THROUGH READING, BELIEVING AND CONFESSING HIS WORD, THIS ONCE WILTED FLOWER HAS BLOSSOMED INCREDIBILY. THROUGH MY FAITH IN HIM, GOD HAS GIVEN ME STRENGTH TO MEET ANY WIND LIFE MAY BLOW MY WAY.
GOD LOVES ME! HE SAW MY NEED. HE IS A TREMENDOUS GOD. HE ALONE IS THE ANSWER TO ANY AND ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS. HE IS GLORIFIED THROUGH THE BEAUTY OF HIS CREATION. HE SO LOVINGLY BROUGHT HIS LIGHT INTO MY LIFE. HE WANTS TO DO IT FOR YOU AS WELL. IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU! TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD! YOU WILL BE AMAZED!
I CAN RELATE TO THE IMAGE OF A DROOPING, WILTED, ONCE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER. IN SOME WAYS, I AM PRETTY SURE THAT YOU CAN TOO. BEFORE I STARTED LIVING FOR THE LORD, I RESEMBLED A BLOOM WHICH WAS IN MUCH NEED OF SUNLIGHT. LIKE A WILTED FLOWER, MY ROOTS BENEATH THE SURFACE WERE NOT THE PROBLEM. MY ROOTS WERE FIRMLY EMBEDDED IN RICH, FERTILE GROUND. HOWEVER, MY BODY, MUCH LIKE A STEM LACKING SUNLIGHT WAS WEAK AND FLIMSY. I WAS EASILY TOSSED ABOUT IN EVERY DIRECTION BY EVEN THE SLIGHTEST WIND. ANYONE LOOKING AT ME COULD EASILY SEE THAT SOMETHING WAS LACKING IN MY LIFE. MY SMILE WAS FADED, MY OUTLOOK WAS DREARY, I DIDNT STAND STRAIGHT AND TALL. MUCH LIKE A FLOWER STARVING FOR SUNLIGHT, I WAS IN DESPERATE NEED OF THE LORD. MUCH LIKE A WILTED FLOWER, MY APPEARANCE STEADILY WORSENED. A FLOWER SOMETIMES APPEARS TO GREIVE FOR SUNLIGHT. I WAS GREIVING FOR THE LOVE OF THE LORD!
AS I SAID EARLIER, EVEN AT MY WORST, I STILL BELIEVED IN GOD. IT WASNT UNTIL I BECAME LIKE A DYING FLOWER, THAT THE LORD POURED SOME MUCH NEEDED SUNLIGHT DOWN ONTO MY LIFE. THE WINDS OF LIFE HAD ALMOST COMPLETELY DESTROYED ME WHEN I WAS AT MY WEAKEST. THE LORD ARRIVED ON THE SCENE AND RESTORED MY STRENGTH. HE BATHED ME IN HIS WONDERFUL LIGHT AND PRODUCED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL COLORS THROUGH THE MAJESTRY OF HIS LOVE. MY ROOT SYSTEM HAS NEVER BEEN STRONGER. THROUGH READING, BELIEVING AND CONFESSING HIS WORD, THIS ONCE WILTED FLOWER HAS BLOSSOMED INCREDIBILY. THROUGH MY FAITH IN HIM, GOD HAS GIVEN ME STRENGTH TO MEET ANY WIND LIFE MAY BLOW MY WAY.
GOD LOVES ME! HE SAW MY NEED. HE IS A TREMENDOUS GOD. HE ALONE IS THE ANSWER TO ANY AND ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS. HE IS GLORIFIED THROUGH THE BEAUTY OF HIS CREATION. HE SO LOVINGLY BROUGHT HIS LIGHT INTO MY LIFE. HE WANTS TO DO IT FOR YOU AS WELL. IF HE DID IT FOR ME, HE CAN AND HE WILL SURELY DO IT FOR YOU! TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LORD IS GOOD! YOU WILL BE AMAZED!
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