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“Friends are like flowers. They fill the world with beauty.”
The Lord will sometimes get my attention when I’m out for a run. Anybody else? I like this. Well, except for when I’m not running. Today was no different. I was jogging along in the hot sun. Sweat dripping (I mean…dripping) off my face. I run past a tree with large white blossoms blooming throughout each branch. There is beautifully landscaped grass all around it. “Now that is beautiful,” I thought to myself.
Then as I run a little further, I see something purple in the tall, mangy, unkept grass. It was a beautiful purple flower- almost hidden by the tall grass. Now, unlike the large white flowers woven throughout the tree branches, screaming, “Hey, look at me!” “I’m beautiful!” -this little purple flower was hidden to anyone running by too fast. Yet, if you took the time to notice- she was really quite stunning.
Today, the Lord taught me something about friendship. There are always going to be people that are easier to be friends with. Their bubbly, outgoing appearance makes it easy to see their qualities. And that’s wonderful! But sometimes, if we can slow down just long enough, we will notice someone- the quiet flower. And if we give them the time, we will find out just how beautiful they truly are. Many of these flowers often get overlooked. But God would ask today, who is right there in front of you that you sometimes run by and don’t even notice? She too is blooming just as the other flowers, yet often gets crowded out by the noise.
Today I encourage you to look for the hidden, quiet flower. Stop long enough to see her for who she is- in all of her splendor- one of God’s beautiful masterpieces.
