Fading Flowers and Eternal Bouquets

I love flowers.

I love them in my gardens.

I love fresh bouquets on my dining room table.

My husband buys me flowers so often,

I bought a special vase just for his love offerings.

When I found these miniature daffodils

and grape hyacinths at Trader Joes,

I knew they would be a perfect pick-me-up

in the kitchen windowsill.

The tin cans were a gift from my niece, Lydia.

She found a box full  at a garage sale and just KNEW

her auntie would love the ol' things.

They move around my house a lot,

as I find different uses for them.

Too soon, the flowers looked like this.

I planted the bulbs in the garden,

and put the tins back on display.

With this picture of bloomless, wilting flowers emblazed on my mind,

I began meditating on -

I Peter 1:24-25

"...The grass withers,

And its flower falls away,

But the word of the LORD

endures forever.”

My favorite preacher,

my husband,

often reminds people that

there are only three things

that last for eternity.

GOD

HIS WORD

PEOPLE

God

wrote the Bible

for the people,

so if the people,

read the Bible,

they will know

God.

A hearst has never pulled a U-Haul.

The only things we can bring to heaven

is our knowledge of His Word

and other souls that have trusted God's Son as their Savior.

nothing else

Flowers are beautiful,

but will fade.

The Word of God,

and His promise of salvation

to all who believe

will bloom eternally.

Who would you like

 in the bouquet of souls

you help win to the Lord?