Spiritual Bouquets

“When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed…But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.” 1 Co. 15:37-38

“So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.” 1 Co. 3:7

It was a crisp beautiful day as my sister, Beth found herself with a little extra energy in between her chemo sessions. She gathered her planting materials and seeds as she had done many times before. But, this time was different for she would never see the blooms burst forth in the spring. In March, God called her to join Him in a new life, an eternal life. I had gone over to her home in April to keep her daughter, and as I crested the hill I saw earth’s bouquet of beautiful pink flowers where Beth had planted the seeds. Although she never saw the beauty of the work of her hands, the blooms were enjoyed and experienced by others.

The same is true of our daily service to God. When we serve we will never know the impact of our service. Our testimonies spoken today will plant seeds of hope and beauty for tomorrow. The gentleness of our hearts sharing past pain with those presently suffering plant the seed of comfort and compassion deep into the soil of hearts.

We move forward in our lives with Christ, sowing more seeds trusting God to make them grow in His timing. Hopefully, in our wake are spiritual bouquets bursting forth in beauty and fragrance. We should never underestimate the work of our hands for God uses every seed planted to harvest transformation, reconciliation and spiritual revival.

We will produce amazing spiritual bouquets when our ordinary seeds of service are touched by our extraordinary God.