A TIMELY REMINDER

Over the years the Lord has used my plants to teach me many lessons--and sometimes just to encourage me and remind me to look up instead of around. And so it was in this season when the circumstances of my life were looking as impossible as the prospects of any wildflowers growing from the seeds I purchased in the spring.

The packet said they would attract hummingbirds and butterflies, and I felt excited and full of anticipation as I planted them in several window boxes and pots. 

Before long they started to sprout, and I put them outside.

They continued to grow quickly but did not produce any flowers. Just a variety of green leaves that soon started to droop and wither.

I wondered if perhaps I had overcrowded the seeds, or put them out before it was warm enough, or there had been too much rain?

When they started to die, I became discouraged and disappointed, but could not bring myself to throw them out. 

Though I had pretty much given up on them, I half-heartedly watered them from time to time. 

One day when I least expected it, two buds appeared that soon turned into two tiny flowers--one pink, the other blue--and a small yellow butterfly flitting around my balcony.

Another day I was surprised to find a mini sunflower and several more buds.

A very timely reminder that no matter how things may be looking in the natural, God is always in control and to be trusted. Nothing is impossible with Him.