In June I noticed it.
A plant was growing, just outside our garden gate. As my eyes noticed it, I could not remember seeing it the day before, yet it must have been four inches tall. Days and weeks passed, each day the plant’s growth noted. Now, it stands feet above my head.
A neighbor in our complex had taken sunflower seeds out, when they went for a walk. The popped a few outside the gates of everyone in our complex, anticipating a colorful late August floral display.
Of the four planted outside our gate, we have only two (the grounds keepers were rather thorough in their ‘weeding’). The one is a bit of a slow developer … perhaps it’s growth was stunted in our earlier heat dome. But the one still present, that first one I saw.
It has been growing in the shade of a tree, only getting direct sun late into the afternoon and evening.
Unfortunately, I don’t think anyone ever sees it’s bright yellow flower, for it has grown straight up into the branches of the tree.
For the person walking on the sidewalk, all they see is a big stalk, growing up and into the branches of the tree.
But …
I know it is there
So,
every time I walk out my gate,
I lift my eyes,
to see it’s beauty.
Proverbs 8:17 came to mind the other day as I was peering through leaves to see the flower.
those who diligently seek me will find me
What a reminder this hidden flower, this bit of yellow beauty, this gift from a neighbor …
that there is an if/then reality within.
If we look for God,
then we will find Him.
period.
That’s a guarantee we can take to the bank …
and He never leaves us.
Amen
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