It had been a little over three years since my husband had gone to be with the Lord. I still missed him greatly—we had not only been husband and wife, but best friends.
I missed our conversations about what the Lord was doing in our lives and how the Lord dropped things into our spirits about the future. I missed the beautiful cards and flowers he gave me on our anniversaries.
One day I asked the Lord, “Will I ever receive flowers again? You are supposed to be my husband now but You can’t give me flowers.” The Lord didn’t answer me that day.
A few weeks later, I saw something that astonished me. My morning routine is to feed my cat and then pull back the curtain covering my patio door just a little so I can feed the birds. Then I make my breakfast and sit on the sofa in front of that small opening in the curtain so I can watch the different birds come and eat while I have my quiet time with the Lord.
On this warm fall morning, I saw a green stem coming up between one of the steps that lead to my patio. When I looked closer to see if it was a weed or something else, I discovered that it seemed to be a sunflower. It was growing in the dirt in the crack between the bottom step and the patio. I decided to let it grow a few more days and make sure it was a sunflower, as it intrigued me. A few days later it was obvious that a sunflower bud was developing.
A few more days passed and the bud began to bloom. The sunflower fully bloomed and lasted a couple weeks until the first frost hit. What’s more, the sunflower bloomed right in the center of that little space I could see when I opened my patio door curtain.
Who says the Lord is not concerned with the smallest desires of our hearts? Psalm 37:4 declares, “Delight thyself also in the Lord; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart.” (KJV)
What are the desires of your heart today? He cares for you too!
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