the untold secret about sunflowers

a thousand words

I left one sunflower
laying on my nightstand

four hours later
it was almost dead
but once I put it in water
it’s thirst got quenched

it came back to life
the following morning
as if nothing ever happened

it’s source now had become water
and turns out
that had revived it

what a picture of life
telling us
a thousand words in one branch

even when they’re taken
out of the Sun
out of the soil
they used to call home

sunflowers go low
bending their body to
just get a glimpse of Sunlight

the reality is
their crooked back
never meant weakness
needs no straightening for strength

sunflowers curve their bodies 
just a little east west
to their Creator.

always.

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Heart Call:

I got myself some sunflowers from Publix.
Maybe I was inspired because God is so intentional.

Sunflowers tilt their heads and get nourished. And that’s really life—where we always need God to strengthen us in every season.

The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands. —Psalm 19:1 (NIV)

• What little things can you draw inspiration from this week?
  Maybe it’s a flower.
  Maybe it’s something small and ordinary that quietly reflects the beauty of God back to you when you slow down enough to notice.

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