The Meaning Of It All

I love flowers.  Flowers are so interestingly beautiful.   Have you ever looked at the variety of flowers and noticed how detailed they are?  The shapes of their petals?  The length of their stem?  The colors throughout their petals?  I love looking at flower gardens.  I love watching the flowers blow in the wind.  As the wind blows, the flowers don’t all sway the same.  It’s quite beautiful to watch.  And the aroma! Well, honestly the aroma is something I could do without….allergies.  However, I love watching people enjoy the fragrance of flowers.  Sometimes people lean in close for a big whiff.  Other times, the flowers are so fragrant you don’t even have to lean in; you can actually stand at a distance and still smell the aroma.  Flowers are just beautiful.

People can be compared to flowers.  We are so interestingly beautiful and detailed.  We have different shapes, are different colors and we are not all the same height.  When the wind blows, we don’t sway the same way.  Together we are beautiful.  Because we are made in the image of God and we are fragrant with His love.   Sometimes you can lean in and catch the aroma of Christ and other times, you can be at a distance and still smell His aroma.

We are traveling on a road.  It’s a journey.  A journey that is full of twist and turns, hills and valleys.  Sometimes the terrain is rough and rocky.  Other times it’s easy and smooth.  There will times the road is flooded.  And other times when it is dry.  Regardless of what the road conditions are, there is one thing that is still certain, every bit is worth it.  It’s not the road that should be our aim.  It’s where the road takes us that is important. 

As a beautiful flower in God’s garden, I am traveling on a road that leads me to Him.  My grand destination is Heaven.  For now, God has given me a road to travel on earth.  It’s a wonderful journey full of twist, turns and surprises.   Sometimes it can be a little rocky; other times it’s smooth sailing.  There are days when the journey is flooded with God’s amazing goodness; then there are days when it’s dry.  Regardless of the road conditions, I wouldn’t change anything about the journey.  Every step of the way is worth it because I journey with the Father.   It’s wonderful to journey with the One who made me in His image and made me a flower on the road.