Refreshing my Soul…

Sunflowers grow up among the broom weed  turning meadows into misty places dotted with yellow.

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They twist and twine around the barbed wire changing fences, that keep the animals in and intruders out, into garlands of sunny yellow, softening even the severest of boundaries.

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And while the sun continues to beat down relentlessly on me as I walk in the evenings and the temperatures remain close to 100 degrees I look across the grasslands and see God at work in nature.

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These beautiful flowers remind me of this verse from John 4:14,

“…those who drink the water I give will never be thirsty again. It becomes a fresh, bubbling spring within them, giving them eternal life.”

They are not wilting despite the lack of rain…

In fact they look as though they have been imbibing from a bubbling spring of water welling up inside them and I ask myself,

“How do they look so fresh in this relentless heat day after day?”

More questions pop into my head,

“Do I present myself to the world in a way that has folk wondering what keeps me quenched?

“Can I stand up for Christ without becoming listless under public opinion?

“How can I sway in my field, like these sunflowers, and bring refreshment to the heaviest of hearts?”

A babble starts deep in my throat until a soft “Alleluia” escapes.

I know the answer and it is Good News.

I wave to the droopy cows lying under the shade trees, their swishing tails a silent chorus to my whispered prayer.

I carry a few of the blooms home to Footlights to enjoy them in the cool of my dining room.

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Their delicate presence reminds me that God is with me even on my driest, most fragile of days…only sometimes I forget!

I accept again Christ’s gift of redemption and the Holy Spirit wells up inside me like a fount of living water drenching me, once more, with the promise of eternal life.

I look at the yellow flowers in my vase and laugh.

This is Good News indeed!

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