Lessons From Our Sunflowers

         We were gone for most of April and May. When we got back home we discovered some sunflowers had grown up through a crack by our back steps. We were excited, but I didn't expect them to last long with kids running in and out. There have been some bends (what I thought was the end) from kids and wind. The flowers proved me wrong though. Whether they are laying flat or standing tall, they are blooming. They are still going strong and we have been enjoying the blooms.

I decided that I could learn a few lessons from the sunflowers. Here they are:   

• It may be a tight squeeze, but if God is behind it, it will happen.    
• There will be bends and falls. No matter what, keep looking toward the Son.
• Others may expect failure. Let God prove them wrong through you.
• You may look a bit rough, but when you bloom fully, it will be amazing.
• No matter what position you are in, you can still produce.
• You may feel like you are unimportant, may appear unassuming, but God is working. If you allow Him to do His work the bloom will come.
• If you are willing, you can produce in abundance.
• Keep growing!

Psalm 37:23-24 (NASB) says:

"The steps of a man are established 

by the LORD, 

and He delights in his way. 

 When he falls,

he will not be hurled headlong,

because the LORD is the One

who holds his hand."

KEEP BLOOMING!

Here's some information on sunflowers.