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Looking at the two, which looks more appealing? The rose right? Even I would prefer roses over what people would perceive as weeds. Weeds grow rampant and take over quickly where they are growing. Before long it looks like this.
You can't see any 'normal' grass in that right? Most people see weeds as pests and as something to get rid of either by pulling or spraying. Yet think about it, weeds are survivors.They really are. They can grow almost anywhere and any place. They grow despite anything around them.
Let's look at dandelions and the white clover flowers. Most see those as weeds yet what is the first thing kids pick for their momma? Those right? What we see as weeds, kids see as beauty. The part kids love the best is finding the dandelion after it's bloomed and it's a ball of seeds. I know of no child who doesn't search for those to blow on. With their love for what we perceive as weeds, new seeds are planted and life for more of the precious weeds they enjoy begins.
Maybe we need to see the world around us more like innocent, sweet children instead of through our war weary eyes that has seen too much over the years. We have to make ourselves see the world the way our sweet children do. The beauty within it. The rainbow within the storm. The roses beyond the thorns that bring pain. God doesn't see us as a weed even if the world sometimes does. God sees beyond that. He sees how a child would see that weed. For it's beauty. God is a graceful and merciful God who has a way for salvation to turn you from a 'weed' to the most beautiful flower in the world.
Think on that.
My storm today: Waiting.... And also frustration with appointments...
My rainbow today: It's a gorgeous day outside!
What's yours?
~ Special Momma ~
Let's look at dandelions and the white clover flowers. Most see those as weeds yet what is the first thing kids pick for their momma? Those right? What we see as weeds, kids see as beauty. The part kids love the best is finding the dandelion after it's bloomed and it's a ball of seeds. I know of no child who doesn't search for those to blow on. With their love for what we perceive as weeds, new seeds are planted and life for more of the precious weeds they enjoy begins.
Maybe we need to see the world around us more like innocent, sweet children instead of through our war weary eyes that has seen too much over the years. We have to make ourselves see the world the way our sweet children do. The beauty within it. The rainbow within the storm. The roses beyond the thorns that bring pain. God doesn't see us as a weed even if the world sometimes does. God sees beyond that. He sees how a child would see that weed. For it's beauty. God is a graceful and merciful God who has a way for salvation to turn you from a 'weed' to the most beautiful flower in the world.
Think on that.
My storm today: Waiting.... And also frustration with appointments...
My rainbow today: It's a gorgeous day outside!
What's yours?
~ Special Momma ~
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