We Must, We Can, Bloom for Him

Far down a desert road, far from the swarms of people crowding Bryce and Zion and the other big attractions, far from just about anything and anyone else, we pulled over and got out. Beneath us was parched ground, above us a vicious sky, before us a towering cactus. And there, under the dark clouds, there against the stark desert, there before the sharp thorns, we gazed at the bright beauty of gentle, precious flowers. We saw flowers in the desert that told of the might of their Maker.

God has created this world in such a way that there is some kind of flower that blooms in almost every kind of condition. We are never far from displays of his beauty, tokens of his mercy, reminders of his creative genius. And just as God suits flowers to every climate, he suits Christians to every circumstance. No matter what unfolds around us and no matter what is done to us, we are able to bloom for him—to display the truest love, the greatest gentleness, the highest reaches of Christian character. Read More

This article brought to mind the wildflowers that I have seen growing on the roadside and in the fields here in Kentucky where I live, in Louisiana where I formerly lived, and in other states which have visited. It reminded me of my mother's cactus garden where she grew cactii and other other succulents. It also reminded me of Carey Landry''s album and song, "Bloom Where You Are Planted," released in 1979.  Wherever God plants us, God expects us to flourish and to bloom. His grace works in us to that end. It is his good pleasure.