Saturday Bouquet

A bouquet for you this fine morning!

I know. It’s not a real bouquet; it’s alive and lovely in nature, not snipped and wrapped in plastic. It’s not organized with the darkest color shades over here and the lighter shades over there. Not color coordinated. It’s the real before it becomes the regulated; originals before being organized. I wonder what it would feel like to live one day with such complete freedom? I wonder why Jesus used wild flowers as an illustration of a deep spiritual life?

So, I hope you enjoy your Saturday bouquet. Please don’t try to snip them and put them in a vase. They are meant to grow in the rich soil of the earth, drenched in sunshine, cooled by shade, blessed by soft rain. No two are identical; each has its own unique place and purpose in the bouquet. What if, in neighborhood or community, you and I are one among many in the human bouquet? What if we were designed to be one essential among other essentials?

Every flower, every leaf in the Saturday bouquet contributes to the lovely picture. Believe it or not, so do you. Because you are blessed, be a blessing.