Friday, April 22, 2016

Field of Flowers or the Root of one Weed?

I recently heard about the beauty of differences blended together to bring a greater level of beauty and appreciation.  The contrast came with a picture of tulips blooming amongst wild flowers.  I paused creating this picture of beauty in my mind.  Often times we don't think of blending certain flowers together especially flowers of such different seasons.  God did not design for beauty to only be shown through one season of life.  He however had a picture of this beauty to blend one with another to shine and blossom in harmony.  Just as shorter broader tulips amongst the tall flowy wind blown wild flowers.  Reds, yellows, purples amongst the sea of green grass.   Oh to be caught in a field of harmony displayed by difference.

My thoughts pondered and wondered on how often beauty can be deceptive by what appears as beautiful flowers.  Bindweed came to mind.  Its appearance and resemblance of that of morning glory's.  However,  the tiniest root or piece of a broken leaf drops to the ground completely unnoticed.  In a short period of time it has firmly rooted itself in the ground blooming with leaves of green and buds of beautiful pure white flowers.  It seems to be such a welcoming addition to a bed and field of flowers in bloom.  Before we know it, this once thought beauty decieved us with its presence and slowly choked and stripped away who we once thought we were.  We became so caught up in the act of someones kindness, we did not realize that while we were mesmerized with the kindness and beauty they shown they would in enough time choke and strip out the very beauty of one flower blended by a field of other flowers.  That effect until noticed and stopped would soon strip and choke the entire field. 

I thought about this and the relavance that God would teach us through his word.  He talks about being cautious of the things and people that become planted and rooted in our lives.  Just like sin, its first appearance shows in what they eye sees in its beauty till it takes root.  We must recognize first the deception and lurance of false beauty before it takes root.  The work and labor becomes more intense later by the need for ridding our lives of the damage and rubbage of such weeds.  Assess and cultivate the areas and things that need pruning before the deception roots deep.  Blend beautiful difference of others and work together to create beauty that can spread for miles tied merged by friendship.

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