The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever. -Isaiah 40:8 (NRSV)
I love the following insight from a Christian in Alabama to begin my week.
I know that spring is coming because the daffodils are blooming outside my kitchen window on this winter morning. Daffodils are a sure harbinger of spring. The daffodil bulbs that I planted came from my Grandmother Darby’s garden. She has been gone nearly 30 years, but her flowers return and bloom each year, reminding me of her.
The daffodils fade, but they return. Jesus died, but he arose. Easter is our celebration that Christ is alive and that God’s love and power are our everlasting shelter. The psalmist calls us to take delight in the Lord and to commit everything we have and do to God. If we trust and obey God’s will, we will find God always there for us. We can count on God to bring us "the desires of [our] heart."
Just as the daffodils bloom each spring, God stays with us – but never withering, never fading. How wonderful that the Lord can use such a small thing as a flower to remind us of the great cycle of eternal love!
Dear God, thank you for your love in sending your son. Help us to do your will as Jesus did – knowing that you are always with us, even when we fail. Amen.
Watch for a daffodil today. Michael