This is a passion flower and quite frankly, it’s probably the most amazing flower I have ever seen. However, why add another flower picture to the plethora of  flower pictures out their? Because, this flower has a little story to tell. He knows he won’t last long, his time is short, so he was made bright and beautiful, so that he might catch my attention; which he obviously did, in order that I might preserve its story for all to read and learn from, as I have.
The story he told was this. “Don’t waste your life!” Our life, though prolonged a bit longer then this flower, will eventually waste away like a vapor, and what will be left? Money? Photos? Friends? Broken dreams? Unconfessed sin? Time isn’t free, it will cost you your life, therefore spend every second wisely. Blow yourself out doing your very best, smile often, laugh a lot, avoid anger. Yet, something this flower could not tell me was of the hope beyond the grave for those who are saved. Because of salvation, we can also live recklessly for the name and sake of Christ.
Passion Flower
We can talk to the drunk without fear, we can reach out freely with our resources, we can risk our lives to save one. This flower only tells part of the story, the rest for him is hidden in darkness, but he’s okay with that, because that is all he was designed to tell. He also knows that there are many other passion flowers who will continue to tell this story, year after year. What has creation been teaching you recently?
“Mortals, born of woman, are of few days and full of trouble. They spring up like flowers and wither away; like fleeting shadows, they do not endure. Job 14:1-2
2 thoughts on “The Passion of the Flower”
Thank you! Happy new year!
Brief and beautiful. Your post so fits the year’s end musing that I do. It’s been seeming I need to step up the pace. Your post drives that point home. Have a blessed New Year!