Always In Season!

Today is marked on some calendars as "MAY DAY". During my younger years I can remember sneaking a bouquet of flowers (usually wild flowers of some kind) onto someone's porch, knocking, and then running off to hide while they found the surprise. Flowers! They tell us Spring is here. As it is said, "April showers bring May flowers", the recent rains and days of sunshine in our area have produced many beautiful colors to enjoy. I like flowers.

Peter wrote. . .
"(22) Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, (23) since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; (24) for 'All flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and THE FLOWER FALLS, (25) BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD REMAINS FOREVER.' And this word is the good news that was preached to you." ( 1 Peter 1:22-25 ESV)

Peter quoted from Isaiah 40:6 & 8, a passage James also used with reference to the rich passing away. ( James 1:10-11) The context has to do with what lasts and what does not. Though we enjoy the flowers of the field, the blooms in our gardens, and the bouquets that might add color to our tables, they do not last for very long. The flowers do their thing and then the petals begin to shrivel and drop off indicating their season has passed. We appreciate their beauty for a while and then they are gone.

Not so with GOD'S WORD! It is always in season. It matters not the time of year nor the season of our life. Peter referred to GOD'S WORD as "living and abiding". It remains very much alive and ready to blossom beautifully in our life.

Let us appreciate the beauty of the flowers. They are a part of God's wondrous creation. He has provided them for our enjoyment. However, may we keep in mind that which abides, being of eternal significance; GOD'S WORD that has the power to cause lives to beautifully blossom in God glorifying ways as it is allowed to abide within. Giving flowers to others may put a big smile on their face. Sharing GOD'S WORD can have an eternal impact of faith.

Have a great day ALLOWING GOD'S GARDEN OF TRUTH TO CONTINUE BLOSSOMING IN OUR LIFE!
Carl

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