Intentional Wildflowers

 

Thanks be to God! My husband’s home finally sold. The closing will be on May 1st! We give the credit to God for the answers to our prayers. I mentioned in an earlier blog about the $60K estimate for the plumbing issues. But God -- and a dear couple in our community.

This couple assured us that they would pray – intentionally – every day until the house sold. That’s the kind of friends we all need. Those who pray specifically and intentionally.

April’s showers have already brought May's flowers, as well as the showers of blessings that our Lord has provided. The wildflowers couldn’t wait to show off. Pictured here are the blue bonnets in Carl’s yard. I think those blue bonnets came packed with inticement for the buyers!

I love those wild wildflowers. Wild as in doing their own things. They didn’t need someone to plant them and wait for them to grow. I think God is intentional in growing them in obscure fields and sides of roads. Most of them are hardly noticed, but we notice them.

It occurred to me that there are people all around us who feel unnoticed, too! Maybe they feel inadequate – not enough. Not pretty enough. Not smart enough. Not wealthy enough. Not popular enough. Not accomplishing enough. Not holy enough.

We all want to be enough. Sometimes, if we are INTENTIONAL with our noticing and caring about others, we’ll realize God has us planted right where we are supposed to be.

Our story for God’s glory. Our lives that give God the credit for the rain AND the sunshine and are INTENTIONALLY placed in situations to be used by Him to stir up abundant life in other people's lives.

Remember Jesus’ words: “Do not worry about your life… look at the wildflowers. They don’t fuss with their appearance. Have you ever seen color and design quite like it? The best-dressed men and women look shabby alongside them. If God gives such attention to the wildflowers, don’t you think He’ll attend to you? Take pride in you. Do His best you? What I’m trying to do here is get you to relax, not be so preoccupied with "getting" so you can respond to God’s "giving.” (Luke 12:26-29, The Message Bible)

God INTENTIONALLY placed wildflowers in their places. He sent breezes and birds to scatter seeds. He sent rain and sun and grew the flowers. I think God is telling us: “Be my beautiful wildflowers – care free, taking in my SON, Who tells us to BLOOM where we are planted.