Flowers

I love flowers! They are one of life’s simplest pleasures! God loves flowers. Look at all the creative varieties, colors, shapes, and smells He placed on this earth just for our pleasure.

I talk a lot about today’s technology and the fact we can type any word and follow it with the word scripture, and we have a plethora of Bible reading options.

Since I am excited at the colors of spring bursting out everywhere and the glimmer of a hope-filled summer, I thought it might be fun to see what God has to say about his beautiful creations of flowers.

Isaiah 40:8 ESV: “The grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.”

Mathew 6:28-29 ESV: “And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.”

Psalm 104:24 ESV: “O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.”

1 Kings 6:35 ESV: “On them, he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied in the carved work.”

1 Peter 1:24-25 ESV: “For ‘all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever.’ And this is the good news that was preached to you.”

Song of Solomon 6:11 ESV: “I went down to the nut orchard to look at the blossoms of the valley, to see whether the pomegranates were in bloom.”

Numbers 17:8 ESV: “On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.”

This scripture is one of my favorite stories in the Bible. A little history: Moses was in the desert with the Israelites after their exodus from Egypt. Within the twelve tribes of Isreal, some grumbling had started. Moses, who gave him the authority to govern us? Why does his brother Aaron bear the levitical title and honor? Hmm, why?

Well, Because God said so, that’s why! So, God instructed Moses to have a leader from each tribe present a walking stick with each tribe leader’s name engraved on the stick, including Aarons representing the tribe of Levi.

They were to place all twelve staff in the Tabernacle lined up in front of the Ark of the Covenant. The Lord commanded that the staff with buds blooming on it will belong to the man I chose thus bringing an end to the murmuring against you.

We are Back to Numbers 17:8, where the following day, we find Aarons’s staff sprouting full of floral blooms and budding almonds. I love this picture! Eleven naked walking sticks stuck in the dirt and one bearing God’s floral array! God does the most amazing things!

On this, I shall close. I am leaving you with two thoughts: as much as the Lord loves, provides, and cares for the grass and lilies in the field and the birds in the air, how much more are you to him? Second, I hope the next time the Lord blesses you with floral glimpses of heaven, you will take the time to stop and enjoy their beauty, thanking the Lord for his simple pleasures.

Be blessed today! 💐