I Found Him...

            The farmer that planted these beautiful sunflowers planted them in three different sections. Those in the first section are wilting away; the second (from which this picture was taken) are now in full bloom and standing tall; the third are just now beginning to bloom. This simply is the natural cycle of flowers.

            This analogy is used in the Bible to impress upon us the steadfastness of God’s love; that it is not cyclical but stands tall, always. 1 Peter 1:24-25 (NIV) says “All men are like grass, and their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever”.

            What comfort that provides in these rapidly changing times. Cultures change, views of the world change, worldly views of morals change; but the word of the Lord does not. It remains our lighthouse, our beacon of light, our compass. New norms stand tall for a while but eventually fade, replaced by a new generation of “truths”. Truly, though, there is only one set of truths, which never withers, never falls. The word of the Lord stands tall.

            Psalms 103:14-18 (Living Bible) says it well: “For He knows we are but dust, and that our days are few and brief, like grass, like flowers, blown by the wind and gone forever. But the lovingkindness of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting, to those who reverence Him…”

            I Found Him…in a glorious field of sunflowers.