Out of the unexpected comes something amazing! Isn’t that how things often happen? We may never know the outcome of how our life will be… until the unexplained, unbelievable is right before our eyes! Who can beautifully create or mysteriously perform, such wondrous feats of amazement…. all for us to see? Just gaze upon the painted rainbow across the cloudy sky, after listening to the cracklings of a lightning thunderstorm. I’ve seen that kind of beauty, arise above the dark, as I’ve walked across the rocky path & held on by a thread. Our world, our lives are always changing. Yet it’s easy not to recognize or appreciate the simple blessings. Until one day, it happens. Finally, I see it. Something quite unusual… tiny tadpoles, watermelons & one bright yellow sunflower. They all appeared somehow, underneath my garden thumb, without me ever tending or planting any one! Overnight without a clue, I barely saw them move & then I had a tadpole farm, until they slowly grew. Another day I noticed, a wild looking weed. It blossomed from a stray seed & gave me watermelons! Then I saw that lonesome sunflower. So majestic was it’s bloom, as it briefly stood its ground. It kissed my world & greeted me, before the sun dried up it’s leaves. I’d watered, watched & waited, while all three began to grow, amazed at how this blessing, taught me more than I could know. Those black-eyed seeds from my flower of faith, gave me precious newfound hope. Replant, restore what had been lost in the time before the storm. That fruitful melon brought a sweetness, to tenderly remind me. He can heal the brokenness of the hard & bitter past. How fast life changes, as I’d watched my tadpoles, yet they barely seemed to grow. Those slinky legs & arms, replaced their floppy tails & one by one they quickly bailed the pail! Now I see how life reshapes me, as I try to become, the best at what I’ll be. These simplest things I’ve learned from the humor of this story; tadpoles, watermelons…. & one beautiful sunflower.
“Unfailing love and truth have met together. Righteousness and peace have kissed! Truth springs up from the earth, and righteousness smiles down from heaven. Yes, the Lord pours down his blessings.”
Psalms 85:10-12 NLT
