Stay Open

image.pngImagine the flowers in God’s heavenly garden. Always open, ever receiving and available, eternally reaching high. In His presence, there is nothing to wilt over, no reason to hang low. They drink eagerly of His light and water and feast on His voice, blossoming in divine fullness to His glory. This is how I imagine God’s garden: bursting in color and bustling in service.

God’s garden stays green in His heavenly realm, whetted forever anew in Him and I must do the same. To stay open to His Holy Spirit and equipped for His work, I study His Word and listen for His voice. He renews my spirit and opens me further in love when I stay close to Him. His food and water is all I need and I flourish endlessly as I take it. In a way, God’s children are like flowers in His garden, planted for His pleasure, cultivated to declare His majesty and spread the Word to others who will bloom and do the same. 

Hebrews 10:23 says, Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. 

God plants believers in the richest soil so they stand unwavering ready to share God’s love and grace. They become only lovelier in the doing, for there is an intimate blessing in the Trinity as one works out her salvation. She who opens herself to others with God’s love is one of His most fragrant flowers.

Like newborn babies, crave spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, now that you have tested that the Lord is good. 1 Peter 2:2-3

 

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