Broken Flowers, Monday Mornings, Bright Beginnings..

We had a wonderful time in the Mountains this weekend and were blessed to fellowship with Central Valley Christian Center with Pastor Keith McCann. It was a time of Fellowship, Games, Fishing and BBQ.

I spoke Sunday Morning on The Curse and Blessing of a Kiss. After the Service a Visiting camper came to us and asked for prayer for her daughter. The story broke my heart hearing about a beautiful flower who was broken very young and her heart was hardened against God. This precious mother's tears touched my heart and we prayed for her broken flower to be healed and restored as she wept.

My heart is pricked somewhat today as I write as I think of how many broken flowers there are. We see and read in the press daily of beautiful young flowers that have somehow lost their way. Young men and women who have been hurt by life, seemingly planted and stable only to be pulled up by their roots by things that destroy flowers and eventually kill them.

Last night my wife had to let go of some plants & flowers she had grown for a number of years. There was no room in our new living space for them and we had no one to give them to so we had to dispose of them. It was a chore that made Michelle a little sad. She had spent so much time and care in growing them only to see them hurt and dying. We were going about emptying the pots and our youngest son reached out a plucked a leaf stating that he would grow a new plant out of the old. He got a small cup of water and placed the plant in it stating that it would soon grow again. He had hope for the small leaf he was placing in the water and we put the cup in the trailer.

It seems that life is like those plants at times. We do what we can, but circumstances of life change and the plants suffer. But if we can somehow remember the faith of a child and how simple it is to pluck a leaf from the dying flower and place it in some water and hope that it will grow again someday, it is enough for us as adults to understand that as long as we have hope and faith in God there is a glimmer of light that the flower we thought was dead will soon rise again and be as beautiful as it once was.

God is in the restoration business and He is restoring broken flowers daily. I admonished the Mother to be positive and never give up hope that someday her beautiful flower would once again raise her head to the Son and receive the Life and Love she desperately needed.

Maybe today you are suffering and feel as if you’re broken. Please know that above all that may have happened to you there is a Loving Gardener who is tenderly planting and re-planting his beautiful creations every day and if you'll let him, He will restore your broken flower today and Give you a NEW BRIGHT BEGINNING with the Son Shining down on you once again.

Be Encouraged,
Randy...