May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. I hadn’t planned on taking pictures of anything except my grandkids and maybe an animal on our trip to the zoo. It never even crossed my mind to bring a tripod or a macro lens, but when we sat down to have a snack there was this beautiful, unusual flower just on the other side of the little wall. I have never seen a flower like this so I have no idea of its name. With the only lens I had I set the ISO high enough to get a fast shutter speed and quickly took this image while the children were finishing their snack.
Today when I downloaded all the images from my trip to my computer I was surprised by the image that I didn’t expect to take. I wondered if any other zoo goers even noticed this beautiful flower along the walk. There it was this little flower bringing me such joy that day and then today when I saw it again. Even at the zoo, where it wasn’t the focus of attention as it would be in a botanical garden, it brought me joy. The person that planted it will never know the joy it brought me that day and still brings me when I look at it and I hope brings joy to you. We can be like the person that planted the flower bringing joy and hope to others when we live our lives the way Christ taught us - when we open ourselves to the Holy Spirit so that we overflow with hope. We may never know what little bit of joy we brought through a small, simple gesture like a smile or a kind word to people we pass along our way. The flower reminds me that even the small stuff matters. Prayer God of Hope Fill us this day with joy and peace as we trust you. In some small action may we share you love. Amen
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He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.” I stooped down to take a picture of this ordinary blade of grass, coved in dew, on my ordinary morning walk at the dam. On this morning this ordinary blade of grass, transformed by the dew and light, served the purpose of reminding me of the beauty of God’s world in even the smallest things.
Jesus was a storyteller of ordinary things - a mustard seed, sower of seeds, and shepherds of lost lambs. His used these stories, based on these ordinary things, to tell the world he was the Messiah, Son of God. We all have stories that seem ordinary. Most of us aren’t famous or well known for some great accomplishment. Yet still we have a story that is part of a bigger story of God’s story of love and grace. Each day we do ordinary things that, if we let him, God will use to tell the story of his love for his world. What ordinary thing can you do this day that will show God’s love? Prayer Extraordinary God Show us the small ordinary thing we can do this day to share your love with our ordinary world. Amen |
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