We are surrounded by flowers this time of year...flowers on trees, bushes and coming out of the ground. I suppose nothing captures the beauty of spring more than flowers. They are marked by beauty in color and fragrance. I was curious about how flowers knew when to bloom. Apparently each plant has a unique mix of sun, temperature and rain that is needed. Of course flowers are not just window dressing. They are the center of plant reproduction. There is a hormone, called florigen, which is formed in the leaves of the plant. This hormone interprets the external conditions of air, light and moisture and sends a signal to the stem and to the buds that trigger the development of the reproductive system and ultimately send the signal to open into a flower at just the right time to foster successful breeding.
We are like flowers of the Lord's Garden. We need proper amounts of light, water and soil quality to flourish. If we are to mature to the point of reproducing our faith in the lives of others we need the catalyst of God's hormone, the Holy Spirit, acting on our stems and buds. But, given the proper conditions, our flowers will also open in a beautiful array of color and fragrance that others might be drawn to His beauty and find life as well.
Song of Solomon 2:12 The flowers appear on the earth;
The time of singing has come, And the voice of the turtledove
Is heard in our land.
blessings,
Rob Smith
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