Making Flower Arrangements
On Sunday, my family and I showed up at our local produce store and spent about ten minutes picking out several dozen flowers for our ladies’ event. After church, we put all the flowers out on a table, along with vases and decorations from the dollar store. After lunch, we all gathered around the tables and picked which flowers we wanted and went to work decorating vases and filling them with flowers.
It was really fun. In fact, I had such a great time, I did the same thing on Thursday with my kids as a part of school. We went back to our produce store and bought more flowers, and then went back to Dollar Tree for vases and ribbon. They each got to make a vase of flowers and then had to do a nature study sheet with a sketch and label for each flower they chose.
So Uniquely Different
There are now several vases of flowers scattered around our house, and I have to say I love it more than I thought I would. There’s something about choosing which flowers you love and creating your own arrangement of them that’s just so fun. Each of my kids created their own set of flowers that are similar (because we all pulled from the same flowers) and yet so completely different. And each of them is highly satisfied with their arrangement.
Every time I see one of the vases of flowers we created, it brings a smile to my face; and it fills my heart with praise and gratitude. It’s such a small thing, but it makes my heart happy.
God’s View of Us
It makes me think of how God must feel when He looks at each of us, His perfect creations. Each one of us is similar in that we are all made of flesh and blood and in God’s image, and yet, we are all so incredibly different as well.
When He made you, He didn’t make any mistakes. He made you exactly how He wanted you to be, and that brings Him incredible joy.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.Psalm 139:14 NLT
Grab Some Flowers
So this is my encouragement to you today. First, go grab some flowers from a produce store (for cheap) and gather a few friends, family members, neighbors, ladies from church, and make your own arrangements. It’s so fun! You won’t regret it.
If that doesn’t work for you, snag a bouquet of flowers from the store. It doesn’t have to be expensive. Put them out somewhere where you can see them throughout the day and be reminded of the fact that God loves you so very much. He created you uniquely different from anybody else in the world. He made you, you. And He is really proud of His creation.
More Encouragement
For more encouragement, check out my post, Finding Freedom from Comparing Ourselves or check out David Jeremiah’s book, God Loves You: He Always Has, He Always Will.
